A stranger who left his/ her mark on you.

Yes that can happen , sometimes you don't realise the impact until much later. I remember one incident that happened while we were traveling by car to Bangalore. We stopped near Haasan at a very scenic place and got ourselves locked out. No matter what we did , the doors remained firmly shut. Suddenly a car that was passing pulled to the side and the driver asked what the problem was and then the owner , an elderly man got off from the back seat and instructed his driver to bend down near the front tyre and pull a certain lever ..while he and my husband were fiddling around, the gentleman went to have car and got a lovely silk cotton shawl and offered to my daughter because it was cold and she was in a sleeveless dress. The lock opened and the person introduced himself as one of the trustees of the turf club at Bangalore , gave us a pass for the derby races next day  and left. We realised the shawl was with us , in fact we still have it with us..my husband and brother in law went to the races next day but could not locate him since he was busy in hs office.. a thorough gentleman !

There are many such strangers who have left a mark on me. I am confused from which story I should start but must admit that every stranger made a powerful impact on me. 

One evening I was walking back home when suddenly a voice caught my ears. I looked up and saw a middle aged man sitting on a rickshaw, which was waiting at the roadside, saying something to me. I looked up at him and simply wanted to ignore as he was an unknown man but my feet did not move. I stood in front of his rickshaw and answered whatever he asked me. It was about my family and so on. What struck me was that he told me, no one with impure heart would have the strength to stand in front of him and answered him so calmly. The people with guilt would choose the far of path from him he further quipped. I simply remained quiet while he blessed me and went away. I was hardly in my early twenties so was unable to understand his comment. I went home and told my father. He simply told me to enjoy the praise I received. I never met that man again but sometimes I wonder what was that all about.    

Shampa Sadhya wrote:

One evening I was walking back home when suddenly a voice caught my ears. I looked up and saw a middle aged man sitting on a rickshaw, which was waiting at the roadside, saying something to me. I looked up at him and simply wanted to ignore as he was an unknown man but my feet did not move. I stood in front of his rickshaw and answered whatever he asked me. It was about my family and so on. What struck me was that he told me, no one with impure heart would have the strength to stand in front of him and answered him so calmly. The people with guilt would choose the far of path from him he further quipped. I simply remained quiet while he blessed me and went away. I was hardly in my early twenties so was unable to understand his comment. I went home and told my father. He simply told me to enjoy the praise I received. I never met that man again but sometimes I wonder what was that all about.    

There are some people in this world who do not expect anything from anyone but share whatever they have with others. They are the ones who are truly enlightened . They see quality in people regardless of what their status in life is ...

Recently it rained heavily in Bangalore and there were many tree falls. We had one tree branch that fell in the night. It was just on the narrow turn on Bannerghatta Road. We had a few minor accidents in the morning when vehicles took a sudden turn due to view blocked ahead. For two days the huge branch laid there. This elderly couple took turns to stay there with placard written" tree fallen ahead" both in English and Kannada. They helped to monitor the traffic and avoid accidents. They had umbrella as it was drizzling most of the times. A selfless and responsible act.

Arunima Singh wrote:

Recently it rained heavily in Bangalore and there were many tree falls. We had one tree branch that fell in the night. It was just on the narrow turn on Bannerghatta Road. We had a few minor accidents in the morning when vehicles took a sudden turn due to view blocked ahead. For two days the huge branch laid there. This elderly couple took turns to stay there with placard written" tree fallen ahead" both in English and Kannada. They helped to monitor the traffic and avoid accidents. They had umbrella as it was drizzling most of the times. A selfless and responsible act.

That is really grate and we should be  happy to have such people who are selfless and don't expect anything back in our society. Can we expect the elected leaders to do any such thing to take care of their own constituency . It never happens and we keep voting them back to power.

Arunima Singh wrote:

Recently it rained heavily in Bangalore and there were many tree falls. We had one tree branch that fell in the night. It was just on the narrow turn on Bannerghatta Road. We had a few minor accidents in the morning when vehicles took a sudden turn due to view blocked ahead. For two days the huge branch laid there. This elderly couple took turns to stay there with placard written" tree fallen ahead" both in English and Kannada. They helped to monitor the traffic and avoid accidents. They had umbrella as it was drizzling most of the times. A selfless and responsible act.

That's remarkable. Every citizen must be thankful to such caring people and take lesson too. So, age is just a number. One can overcome any hurdle to help others if there is a desire to do so. Hats off to them.   

In my school one of the male teacher coming from a village close by is admired by all of us. He comes from a lower middle class agricultural family , living with his parents wife and children. They have a field where they cultivate rice and vegetables and pulses in between the season. Every year during monsoons he and his two small children have to literally Wade in water to reach the road, then take a bus to come to school. And with all that they carry vegetables in baskets over their head to distribute at school . Even the little ones carry a few. He had been denied promotion time and again by the state government because he is from a higher caste. Last year when a young , incompetent teacher was promoted the entire staff and students went on strike , and he was finally given his due after a lot of scuffle  ..the best thing about him is his attitude and positive spirit of endurance !

usha manohar wrote:

In my school one of the male teacher coming from a village close by is admired by all of us. He comes from a lower middle class agricultural family , living with his parents wife and children. They have a field where they cultivate rice and vegetables and pulses in between the season. Every year during monsoons he and his two small children have to literally Wade in water to reach the road, then take a bus to come to school. And with all that they carry vegetables in baskets over their head to distribute at school . Even the little ones carry a few. He had been denied promotion time and again by the state government because he is from a higher caste. Last year when a young , incompetent teacher was promoted the entire staff and students went on strike , and he was finally given his due after a lot of scuffle  ..the best thing about him is his attitude and positive spirit of endurance !

He is a great example from whom we need to learn that during difficult time too one need to be determined. This definitely gives him a lot of mental strength and an inner satisfaction. But, I usually feel that those who have a great amount of endurance, suffer the most. Thus, I have a question to God: why so?    

Shampa Sadhya wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

In my school one of the male teacher coming from a village close by is admired by all of us. He comes from a lower middle class agricultural family , living with his parents wife and children. They have a field where they cultivate rice and vegetables and pulses in between the season. Every year during monsoons he and his two small children have to literally Wade in water to reach the road, then take a bus to come to school. And with all that they carry vegetables in baskets over their head to distribute at school . Even the little ones carry a few. He had been denied promotion time and again by the state government because he is from a higher caste. Last year when a young , incompetent teacher was promoted the entire staff and students went on strike , and he was finally given his due after a lot of scuffle  ..the best thing about him is his attitude and positive spirit of endurance !

He is a great example from whom we need to learn that during difficult time too one need to be determined. This definitely gives him a lot of mental strength and an inner satisfaction. But, I usually feel that those who have a great amount of endurance, suffer the most. Thus, I have a question to God: why so?    

I think it is because they have the capacity to endure a lot more than the rest of the people and they don't hesitate to take on others troubles and burdens willingly.

usha manohar wrote:

Shampa Sadhya wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

In my school one of the male teacher coming from a village close by is admired by all of us. He comes from a lower middle class agricultural family , living with his parents wife and children. They have a field where they cultivate rice and vegetables and pulses in between the season. Every year during monsoons he and his two small children have to literally Wade in water to reach the road, then take a bus to come to school. And with all that they carry vegetables in baskets over their head to distribute at school . Even the little ones carry a few. He had been denied promotion time and again by the state government because he is from a higher caste. Last year when a young , incompetent teacher was promoted the entire staff and students went on strike , and he was finally given his due after a lot of scuffle  ..the best thing about him is his attitude and positive spirit of endurance !

He is a great example from whom we need to learn that during difficult time too one need to be determined. This definitely gives him a lot of mental strength and an inner satisfaction. But, I usually feel that those who have a great amount of endurance, suffer the most. Thus, I have a question to God: why so?    

I think it is because they have the capacity to endure a lot more than the rest of the people and they don't hesitate to take on others troubles and burdens willingly.

Yes, that must be the reason but the point is if that person keep on shouldering burdens then when he/she will enjoy a burden less life. Those who are not willing to take trouble in life get exemption by everyone even by God which is totally injustice towards the responsible people.  

Even for our gods' life was never easy , they have to come down to earth to take avatars and endure a tough life to regulate society and get rid of evil forces that threaten the innocent and helpless. The more aware a person is the more sensitive they become if other people's needs which in turn makes them suffer more.

usha manohar wrote:

Even for our gods' life was never easy , they have to come down to earth to take avatars and endure a tough life to regulate society and get rid of evil forces that threaten the innocent and helpless. The more aware a person is the more sensitive they become if other people's needs which in turn makes them suffer more.

Very beautifully said!! They say in a spiritual belief that the soul that is on higher pedestal of evolution gets a tough life and more suffering. That brings you close to paramatma and finally to moksha

When I was a small child, we used to live in ground floor, hence after coming back from school, I used to jump out after freshing up to play outside with other friends of the locality in the lane in front of our house.

One fine day when we were playing Out-Out game, as we were running from the person who if catches us, we get out, a stranger appeared from nowhere at the turn of the lane & lured all other friends into his conversation about some movies, showing chocolates to give us.

I was watching from a distance all this discussion that was happening with the new person & I was kind of scared & curious about why this new person has come & talking all of a sudden to my friends.

I just went to the side view of the discussion & found that he was catching a knife behind him, I immediately ran to my home calling my friends that there is a new some surprise gift my Dad has bought, all of them came to my home & I was relieved, I immediately narrated what I saw & everyone were relieved too!

I was in 8th Class(CBSE) & I had changed my 2nd Language(More tough one) from Hindi to Telugu as I was not so good at Hindi, I was just beginning to take some extra hours after the school to get accustomed to Telugu.

In that year a new person who was an American native joined our class, he also took Telugu as 2nd Language, however I was really surprised to see his fast progress, he came as topper in Telugu in that year Half yearly & I was like wow! He joined this year, learnt telugu right from scratch along with me after school & he made a remarkable progress despite English being his mother tongue.

Note:- He outclassed the regular students who were topping the class!

Wonder whether Americans learn everything fastly & having such power of grasping