The Gift of Life

Human beings are funny animals, those who have it all have nothing to share and those who have nothing have everything to spare. There are people who move in imported cars, wear the latest designer brand, tort all over the globe and eat a variety of cuisine that some people can’t even pronounce. They have a life that seems almost too perfect, a life for which most people would sell their soul to the devil…actually on second thought, maybe that is how people get rich, it’s kind of difficult to find a richie rich with a soul…..These are the people who make up that part of the community who think giving a few ngultrums to a beggar will encourage begging. They will think a hundred times before smiling and a couple of thousand times before talking to someone not really in their league. Can’t really blame them for the way they think or the way they operate, that is what life has taught them, “not to trust people”. They have no time to share a game of ball with their kids, too bad since later in life these same kids have no time for their parents, its payback time after all.

Then there is another class of people who are so bent on striking it rich that they forget to live their life. There is no room for love, laughter and happiness, all that will come when they earn all the money they want, but by that time they have that money their life is halfway through. If they see a rose they would rather cut and sell it then take pleasure in its fragrance and beauty. So sad, because no matter what people say there is something called destiny and you will never make it if you are not meant to.

Well again there is another category of these strange animals called human beings. These are the people who won’t think beyond this day, this moment and this time. They will give you their all and not want anything in return and as abruptly as they have entered your life, will leave you too ….a rather rare species…but when you meet one of their kind, you thank your lucky star and hang on to the gift of their time. Don’t expect too much and don’t blame anyone when they leave you, after all they have to spread that sunshine to some one needier than you.