"Hey Kid! How old are you?", she asked the boy sitting in the corner of street in peak winter, asking everyone to get their shoes polished from him for one rupee.
"I'm 12!", the boy replied with a curious and strange look in his eyes. Smiling, she inquired, "What happened? You don't like people asking about your age?" She was trying to be frank with that little boy. "Nobody ever asked me more than how much they had to pay", the boy said with tears trickling down his cheeks. She wrapped her jacket around him, put her hands on his shivering shoulders and said, "I actually wanted to Thank You for what you do. If you were not here, who would make people look so good?" Although it was no logic but it proved to be enough to console that innocent soul. The boy looked up with an element of happiness on his face. She gave him a smile and walked away saying, "You really are special."
Those two sentences of that lady did not take anything away from her. But yes, they gave a hope to that little boy. A hope that in the world of feelingless people, good people also exist.
Sometimes, only a word or an act of yours can give happiness to someone struck with aome serious complex. In today's cruel and selfish world where people are dying of hopelessness, if some words can make a difference, let's speak them out. Maybe they give someone, a hope to live.
"I'm 12!", the boy replied with a curious and strange look in his eyes. Smiling, she inquired, "What happened? You don't like people asking about your age?" She was trying to be frank with that little boy. "Nobody ever asked me more than how much they had to pay", the boy said with tears trickling down his cheeks. She wrapped her jacket around him, put her hands on his shivering shoulders and said, "I actually wanted to Thank You for what you do. If you were not here, who would make people look so good?" Although it was no logic but it proved to be enough to console that innocent soul. The boy looked up with an element of happiness on his face. She gave him a smile and walked away saying, "You really are special."
Those two sentences of that lady did not take anything away from her. But yes, they gave a hope to that little boy. A hope that in the world of feelingless people, good people also exist.
Sometimes, only a word or an act of yours can give happiness to someone struck with aome serious complex. In today's cruel and selfish world where people are dying of hopelessness, if some words can make a difference, let's speak them out. Maybe they give someone, a hope to live.
This world is full of deception and darkness. Random acts of kindess in these days are the best thing one can do.
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