Recently when I went to Sindhupalchowk for a camp trip, I found something heart wrenching that touched not only my heart but the heart of everybody who were present in that moment. We were taken to a small crooked hut in the mid day. The sun was hot and everybody was socked up by the heat. At the mean time, the tired and annoyed us saw a little girl, a little soul sleeping under a scorching sun. Her body was all warmed up, she was covered with dirt and dust, and there were flies all over her mouth unable to move she could do nothing than to ignore those flies. She was hungry and was craving for food but what could she do? She is a nine year old child with a spinal injury unable to sit, move, talk, and to do all those things that a nine year old do. This world played some nasty joke on her and may be her parents felt unfortunate but what I saw in that little soul was extra ordinary.
We were told that she suffered from spinal disease from the day of her birth. She laid still all her life till date. She was very alone and by herself. Her parents were out in the field; her siblings were in the school. All she could do was lay back and put a best smile she could. That sweet smile with a deepen pain inside, the pain of loneliness, the pain of being neglected and the pain of being born that way. I was literally unable to stop my emotions. My mind just went through every single thought about my life that I didn’t take an interest to look upon. I stood beside her looking at her angelic face with that soft smile which seemed like she was greeting the strangers she had never ever met before. She wasn’t afraid. Her sparkling eyes told us that she always waited for someone to be beside her and love her. It was hard for her to even look up, she wanted to scan every bodies face. I lift up my hand placed it before her eyes and created a shadow. She looked at me and gave me a thank you smile. At that very moment, I found myself which I lost a long time ago. And today I thank god because despite all my imperfections I was born normal and that have become the most important thing for me now. I was the lucky one among those 1000’s who got chance to live up in a normal way. I never appreciated my life like that little girl did in spite of all her pain. Yes, that little girl inspired me to love my LIFE and today I am here writing to all those who think that their life is no good I want them to see that they are not the only one having problems because all does the only thing is that they have to appreciate it and endure it even if it takes a huge pain. I would just say take it because whether its good or bad that’s yours and may be some day you will got to get something more precious than to regret all their life.
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