There are certain moments in life when you meet ‘Special ‘souls who are truly different – in each aspect they show their grace and their aura to mesmerize your persona. – In a recent trip to the hilly region of Mt Abu., I was fortunate to meet one such fellow – named ‘Hari’ a truly blessed and contended soul , always accepting you with an open smile.
As I met him for the first time, I was naturally attracted to his
calmness – so will you! – he came to us on the table to take the order for
lunch and very politely asked “ Sir, What would you like to have in lunch
today?” – the subtleness in his voice was full of calm – his gentle smile added
much demeanor to his personality – as I asked him to come after some time as
we were in no mood to order our food, he was cool and said ‘OK sir, let me know when
you have made up your mind to have finest of our cuisines!”.
I wondered, how can a man as
serving us know the skills of serving, almost certain that I was, he must not
be much educated or have attained a degree for hospitality or hotel management,
yet his etiquettes were spot on – he had truly impressed all of us on the table
within 120 seconds of intermittent conversation – how can he do that – but the
fact was “he already had done so and had won our hearts 😊!
After some time we called him to
take the order, which he did , not before explaining the cuisine jargons most
of the hotels write on the menu – more than that a common customer like me in
all likelihood bypasses all the complexities of menu items and order plain food
comprehensible and easy to order – but as Hari’ made it look like so simple, he
explained the preparation of every dish were interested to taste – Rajasthan is
famous for its Maharaja Cuisine as so I am not shy in stating the prestige we were
having to order the best of the lunches of a lifetime – till now! 😊
After we satiated our desire, it
was time to leave the table, not before having a brief conversation with a
gentle soul, who still was smiling and standing to say a final adieu for the
day – his duty was getting over and it was time for him to go – as he stated
himself, “ I live in the hotel premises and study after doing this duty, I am a
Nepali and was born here and am doing my graduation in Arts!”
I congratulated him for what he
had made himself and also inquisitively enquired as to how he is so comatose in
todays ruptured world? The answer stupefied me “ Sir, I love my parents and
want to stay with them and serve them, being the only child , it is my duty to
help them, now that they are getting old and cant work to earn – I cant go
outside this place to search for greener pastures – here I am not saying that I
am not aspirational, but my Karma is here and I long for doing great things in
future in this place – Mt Abu!. May be one day I might own a hotel or a
restaurant of my own , life is full of surprises – but in this journey what God
has given me – My parents , I am very thankful to him!”
His one-minute sentence flashed
the gist of life in front of me – we all were freezed…a this tender age, the
man had acknowledged the meaning of life and its living!
As we parted ways, it was time to
say bye for the day, not before a great ‘Handshake’ with this gentle soul, who
far away in hinterland of mountains was living in ‘Peace and composure’ , away
from the chaotic world of false aspirations and achievements .
I could not meet Hari the next
day as we had to board early for our return to our place, though these
beautiful memories and his smiling face and composure would always be a part of
my remembrance and learning, until I make a plan to visit him again.
Truly though, his name "HARI' is what his composure is all about - after all he is a living embodiment of God in a gist Soul...though calm quite unlike most of us!!!
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