~ Gratitude towards Life…~

Walking down the lanes of Delhi, one can see many faces and souls who are just existing in the grandeur of life; they have seen the thick and thin of their daily living, but they certainly refuse to mellow down with the trial and tribulations of what life offers them!

Passing through a major intersection of crossroads, I chanced upon a middle aged lady encapsulated in her own small world, not looking towards the rigmarole of life passing through, she was fully engrossed in decorating and arranging her pavement shop which she so dedicatedly setup with an expectations of getting customers whilst they glance through her sellable items she has arranged superbly.

Her paraphernalia consists of hanker chiefs, socks, scarfs and kids hand gloves and other sundry items she could expect to sell considering the fact that she has been in the role of an ‘Entrepreneur’ for quite some time. Covid times have created situations for many a people to plunge on desperate efforts for a living. Without inhibitions, many folks have started what they could with their meagre savings and time they have to earn a living – who knows that a small step they have taken today under duress of situations they are in could lead them to an all-out entrepreneurship binge; As they say “ The journey of 1000 miles start from first step!”

Observing such sight, a sea of questions come to one’s mind – What has made them so tough to endure the vagaries  of life and its living, almost at the nadir of societal pyramid, the robustness in their attitude towards life is worth an emulate for many of us- if at all we see them as set examples to face the challenges of life – come what may. Their dignity of living and self-esteem desist them from begging or being a recluse.

Their home paraphernalia consists of existing with optimal items of daily life, not obeying to hoarding capacities that we generally inculcate. Living in shanties or roadside makeshift camps, their belief to take life as it comes holds true unlike many of us who fear life and its challenges which might come our way and what we may not be able to take it.

Nowadays reading unfortunate news of people who are giving up on life due to various trials and tribulations life offers them, a constant reminder to all of us can be people living in dire situations and still having zeal of living – they certainly believe in idiom of “This shall too pass…”. The lady in question can be termed as a visible example of such situations, she could have chosen the other path and had succumbed to situations life offered her – Instead she did not and their lies her victory and victory to all of us I the belief that whatever be the situation “Accept life as it comes  your way….at the end of it, you will cherish your journey…”