This is about something which happened a few Saturdays earlier. I was walking from home from work. It was an hour past noon, and I had just had a sumptuous meal. I think I had a bit more than I should have done.
I was just a hundred meters away from home when my path crossed with a lady. Our eyes met, filling me with shame and possessing me with self directed anger.
I could see the hunger in her eyes. I could see her desperate situation.
I compared her situation of scarceness against my situation of abundance. She was facing pangs of hunger. And I was possessed with pangs of guilt.
My conscience pricked me.
My conscience pricked me.
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| Pangs of Guilt |
The only thought which came to my mind immediately was something which my father had told me a decade or so earlier - Always eat one morsel less.
My head hanged in shame as I walked home alone.
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4 comments:
wow... your father is a great person and so sad that more often we fail to realize in abundance all arouind that some ppl don't have even a slice of it.
Sad but a thought provoking post !!!
True ,, your father said so true..
You father was indeed a great person ....sometimes in our quest to have more we don't realize how many don't even have the meager
Lovely blog u have :)
Your dad gave you good advice..
sad but such is life.. you take care and be goood
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