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This nice senior citizen, B, was observing me silently for three months while I was sitting alone and quiet for hours on my favorite lawn bench.
One morning he couldn't contain himself and approached me. He stood in front of me for a second, folded his hands in a pronam, and said:
"When I look at you, I see God in you"
And left.
For the next 24 hours I was most happy since this is one compliment I never got from anybody except students hoping for divine recos.
And I was no longer avoiding looking into my shaving mirror.
After a few days, another senior citizen, S, who had successfully crossed my repulsive barrier earlier and got chatty with me, sat beside me.
And we saw B plucking flowers for his Puja (a thing frowned upon by our upcountry fellow residents).
And I couldn't contain myself and said to S:
"B says he sees God in me"
S laughed and replied:
"Oh, did he? He said that to me too and I was happy for a whole day. Then I got to know that he says this to everyone...it is his opening gambit"
Sigh!
...Posted by Ishani
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This nice senior citizen, B, was observing me silently for three months while I was sitting alone and quiet for hours on my favorite lawn bench.
One morning he couldn't contain himself and approached me. He stood in front of me for a second, folded his hands in a pronam, and said:
"When I look at you, I see God in you"
And left.
For the next 24 hours I was most happy since this is one compliment I never got from anybody except students hoping for divine recos.
And I was no longer avoiding looking into my shaving mirror.
After a few days, another senior citizen, S, who had successfully crossed my repulsive barrier earlier and got chatty with me, sat beside me.
And we saw B plucking flowers for his Puja (a thing frowned upon by our upcountry fellow residents).
And I couldn't contain myself and said to S:
"B says he sees God in me"
S laughed and replied:
"Oh, did he? He said that to me too and I was happy for a whole day. Then I got to know that he says this to everyone...it is his opening gambit"
Sigh!
...Posted by Ishani
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