recently i called an auto. i was surprised to see a 2-3 year old kid sitting in the lap of the auto driver. both of them were dressed shably. while he was taking me to the destination, i got into a conversation with him. his name was sarath. the child was his son, surya. since it was a holidy, he could not be sent to school. his mother (sarath's wife) had gone for her usual domestic work. so the father is doing the baby sitting that day - mobile baby sitting.
in between he asked me permission to stop the auto and bought biscuts for his son. i was moved by the intimacy of the son and the father. i asked him, "are you happy?" he told, "yes". i asked, "you dont have a house of your own, you dont have decent clothes, you and your wife have to work hard to have two meals per day, then how can you be happy?" he said, "i have a loving wife and two loving children. we work hard to support each other. what else do we need?".
i have seen very afluent couples leaving their children with some woman (domestic worker) from a slum. why? because career is more important. money is the highest value... i felt so proud of sarath. here is a couple who takes care of their own children, even in the midst of their poverty. blessed are the poor, their's is the kingdom of God... remember, he is neither a christian nor a jesus youth!
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Great presence of mind mathecha........
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