A poor orphan boy was running across the street. Barefoot. Hungry. Thirsty.
He went from one shop to another, asking the shopkeeper for a bottle of water. The lack of money prevented the poor child from buying water. It restrained him from quenching his thirst.
He slowly wilted like a flower without water.
Water. It is a simple word among many others found in a dictionary, but holds more significance than any other. It is a root to life. It is a cause of death.
How ironic it is that many do not have access to it, because of lack of money.
Agreed, money is very important in one’s life for food, clothes, shelter and many such things.
But is money required even for a single drop of water? Is compassion not enough to lend a poor boy a glass of water to let him quench his thirst?
Is money so powerful that its power wipes out the strength of compassion?
Today, the world has reached great heights. The new technologies have made it possible to cross the boundaries of the universe. But sometimes I wonder whether it is worth it.
We have hi-tech gadgets to assist us in life, wonderful books to read, easy access to delicious food. Thinking about it, we have everything required for a peaceful living.
But there are many who aren’t fortunate like us. Instead of ignoring them, one should show compassion, kindness, generosity towards them.
Compared to these qualities, the materialistic objects are futile. There is no use of such royal things when one cannot develop a humane nature for others.
If one doesn’t have any such virtues, then despite having everything in the world, he has nothing.
(Published in The Gulf Today on July 30, 2016)
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