My name is Satyajeet. I am from Pune currently completing my masters in Boston, USA. Blog term is very alien to me and always kept a distance from this. But certain things led me to think on expressing my thoughts, letting out the flow through the channel of words. Hence, i thought blog could be that very platform enabling me to do so.
I dont know what to start with. I had thought of loads of things to start with, but now that I have sat down to write, my mind has plunged into the ocean of dilemma. I am not a writer, so collection of words seems difficult; appropriate subject, another difficult task.
I will start with an incident that made me to introspect. Thoughan ordinary incident, came hard on me. It was an Autumn afternoon and I was on my way along with some friends to a shopping mall in Boston for some shopping. We were walking to T station. Just before the T station, I noticed a girl, may be 20-24 years of age, with a trained dog and could make out that she was blind and the Dog was guiding her. Dog was well fed and had some kind of uncanny innocence on its face. I was walking towards the T station with some other people along with this lady . We all reached the lights where we were supposed to cross the road. People were crossing the road in spite of a stop signal. The dog waited patiently there and so did the lady. I was a bit curious and waited there too.The lady was chatting intermittently with dog, cuddling him. With the flash of Walk sign, the dog promptly crossed the road along with lady and fortunately, they too were waiting for the train.
As the train approached, dog made the lady wait safely outside the prohibited yellow line. they entered the train, so did we and she was given the priority seat. AS she sat on the seat, the dog in an orderly manner retreated below the seat with its mouth poking out in the train lobby. The lady THANKED the dog and it went to sleep.
As I said very ordinary incident, but made me introspect.
The lady was leading a normal life with help of dog, who was guiding her perfectly through the city and in a way completing her weaker side. She was also thankful to the creature. It was something more than give n take relation between them..It was the LOVE that made the striking distance. On the other hand, may be the dog expected nothing from her and was performing the duty with precision towards the lady.
It made me realise two very important things .
1. How ridiculous it is for us to crave for things like money , status, pleasures beyond our reach and more than we require. It is this rat race that makes us unhappy every time we get something less. Happiness and satisfaction are so easy to get by if we ignore this race.
2. Love and affection could be the virtues which should be thought of beyond anything else. They could also be the aim of life and would definitely make us a better human being, if not a popular or rich human being.
I know all these things sound cliche, but some where this incident made me realize those things more strongly, deeply.I think I took a step towards being a better human being.
