"Excuse me", “I am sorry”!!! Of course I would never expect to hear these words from under-privileged children. I was under the impression that these people need to be helped in anything and everything they do. But that stupid thought of mine changed when I visited one of the schools for blind children. They showed high degree of discipline, be it prayer or dinner or anything you can think of. I saw one guy coming in, keeping his chappals outside and then entering into the dining hall. Everything was perfected to the extent one can think of. Another guy was punished for "eating during prayer". This is what we all were very used to when we were children. They are treated as normal human beings, they are taught to lead a normal life without complaining about their physical deficiencies. We need to learn this mental mastery from these small kids. We come across so many difficulties in life and simply accept defeat sometime. We must learn to "fight-enjoy-win" the challenges under any circumsatnces.
Though God has not provided them the opportunity to see the world around, yet they are determined to fight the obvious difficulties in life. They do work on computers, workshops, etc. I heard one of their senior guys' is now a Program Director in one of the companies earning 20k per month. They were so proud to say that. As human beings, we need to derive pride and happiness in whatever we do. Simultaneously we must derive satisfaction from other's achievements. This definitely reduces lot of our day-to-day worries and help us leading a happy life.
-Bijay
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