Sunday, December 6, 2009

Who Needs Appreciation?????

I was wondering what i should write as my next post...but there are so many things happening in my life...so i thought i would read out a chapter from my life ..
During my engineering days i used to travel from dombivli to thane via train and i had boarded the train from dombivli..I was a first class traveller and i boarded the gents compartment along with my friends.I got down at thane but in the journey i left my purse in the train.It didnot even strike me that i left my purse.We guys went to our Adda(our juice centre )and when i had to pay there was no purse.I was tensed for awhile but later on it struck me there was nothing that precious in the purse.So i thought there is not point in trying to find the purse.But i had made up my mind not to say any thing to my parents because i thought just for the sake of 70 rupees i shouldnot be going all the way.In the evening i returned howm and i got a call from my dad saying did you lose your purse?and iwas shocked as to how he learnt about it.He told me that one guy had got my purse and he had called up my cousin in bangalore to inform this as there were many visiting cards in the purse.i contacted my cousin and took details of this guy.Icalled him up and i asked him all the details i told him thanks for all the pain that you took but i don think i should be coming back for the purse but he gave me a list of thingsinthe purse and den i thoughtit would be better i take it.When i asked him his whereabouts i realised that he was from Andheri and he never came to thane.Iwas again like i dont want my purse,i told him forget it u willhave to come all the way to andheri;to which he said "I will come to give it ".
The meeting was decided and i met him onthe stipulated time,He gave me the purse and was about to leave.I had been there to meet him with my friend as i was apprehensive of meeting a stranger all alone.So as soon as he prepeared to leave i gave hima gift with a simple message"Keep up yourhonesty".He wasnot ready to take but i insisted himto have it.He left and my friend asked me "why did you give him that ,you cant belive such people,dont be in touch with those guys".I told him i would have given him nothing and he woulnot have minded it becausehe didnot call up(my cousin,my doctor,my gym,my beauty parlour,my college)just for getting a gift from me.i told my friend that he would continue helping people ;he wouldnot mind it as he is of that character;but some or the other day he would give up;but then my message on the gift would remind him of his good work and that would encourage him to keep it on..We are still friends just because of his honesty.

Why we need appreciation in life?Its not for momentary happiness but its forlife long encouragement to keep up the good work.We have doors in our flats,we know they would protect us;but we oil them time to time ;y do we do that ;we do that because we dont want to make that weird noise,we want it to keep up hisgood work..Even Dead things or nonliving things demand for appreciation of diiferent forms then we are human beings.


MORAL:Appreciate people doing good work.Please dont fake it.Even if it is someone helping an old man cross the road ,appreciate him ;may be tomorrow he sees your age old dad crossing and he doesnot give up his spirit of helping.It takes a few seconds to say "good work keep it up"

Now please appreciate me for my post[:P]

1 comment:

  1. we all cud do wid a 'lil more appreciation Chits...well said!!! :)

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