Most of my blogs I have written so far involve lot of
fiction, this one is special. Whatever you read in this blog is based on true
incident in my life which happened on 30-Aug-2016. The moral I have written is
just based on my experiences in life so that section is open to your
interpretation.
It was a long day at work, with nonstop meetings, fighting’s
within the board, indifference's between people, blame games, self-bluster etc.!
I am sick of all this I told to myself and very soon I will have my own small scale
business where employees will be eager to wake up and come to work and not be
in dismay of how the day is going to be.
Finally almost at the end of workday, I get to close my
laptop and get ready to catch train back to home at 4.00 PM PST and at the very
instance, I got a call saying there was some issue with the sign off procedures
so I had to sit and see (debug) what was wrong with the software. After beating
up for almost 40 minutes, we observed the issue was with upstream systems (someone
who is sitting above us and sending some information to us for our processing)
and we were okay. After we confirmed this,
I did not think a moment but just shut the laptop. I have not even got a chance
to charge my cell phone which was almost dead since past night. So I picked up
charger from my desk and started off to LA Union station.
Luckily I got a seat near charging point and hooked up my
cell to charger and sat down to sleep and relax. Couple of minutes later, I got
a call, it was from my brother Kiran. He asked if the plan is confirmed of me
arriving to Saint Louis, I said yes, in low energy, he asked I sound like a
donkey beaten to death, I laughed and said my mood is not good. He cheered me
up with our funny talk and he reminded me to bring Tennis racket, I smiled and
said yes. It has been almost 2 years we played tennis together.
Later, I had a small nap with billions of thoughts and
reached home. The moment I was getting out of my car, I saw a Chihuahua puppy
on the road wandering, I saw around, in search of the owner but I saw no one. I
understood it was a pet dog, as I can see a cute little pink scarf and a bone
pendant hanging around its neck. I was not hesitant to pet him, unsure if he is
safer, all I knew at that moment was, I could not see this puppy alone! That is
me. So I softly whistled looking at it, with hand gestures, it stopped, looked
at me, my body language was so composed so that it would not get scared and run
away.
It finally ran towards me, I just stood intact with not even
a slightest motion in my body what so ever, I gave it time to adapt, it scented
me, all over my shoes and pants and when I bent knees, it jumped on to me with
joy, raising its two feet up! I looked at its eyes, they are filled with
innocence, fear, love, help and worry! It was such a wonderful feeling to be
loved from a stranger whom I know for few seconds when I showed that assurance
of love and care to it. While I was trying to check how should I return it to
its rightful owner! The girl (Mira) from my neighbor’s apartment came out to
play and asked if it was my dog, I said no, it is lost! I just saw him. She
said oh, it is so sweet and she started petting him too. I asked her if she
knew of anyone who she might think this little guy belongs to, she said in
confused voice, no. But then she was smart than me I felt, she turned the pendant
to see if there was a name tag or something on pendant. And there it was the
little guys name is Howard, and there was a cell number below his name.
I tried calling that number but no one picked the call after
calling twice, Mira held the puppy while I was calling, as I was attempting
another call, Mira’s parents stepped out from their home to know what was
happening. While I was trying to reach the number another time, Mira’s mom
asked me are they picking up the call, I said no, I am trying another time! She
did not hesitate at least out of humanity but forced Mira to handover dog to me
and get in her home. I felt so bad, it is a dog who is lost, trying to find its
owner and she was not even a pinch sad about that! I said humans are fools! The
only kind who hurt each other, and kill each other are the humans! I decided to
move from that place.
I took Howard from Mira in my Arms and took into my
apartment. Little dude was roaming all over the place, I know clearly he was
searching for his owner. I kept some milk for him to drink but it did not even
touch it. So I took into my arms to reduce its fear and pampered it. Finally I get
the call from the owner back, she was in the shower and her husband forgot to
close the door properly and that’s how poor little Howard was lost!
I went to handover Howard to his rightful owner, she had
some plaster around her feet. I did not expect her to come to me to take the
dog considering her situation, so I went close to her and gave it to her. She
was so worried for him, I could see it, for that fraction of second, she held
him tight, hugged him, kissed him, she even forgot to say thanks to me that
moment! And later when I said bye! She is like sorry for the trouble, Howard is
a well behaved dog, I don’t know why he stepped out of home, I think he learnt
his lesson now! But thanks to you to bring him back to me! And she bid
farewell.
Moral: Sometimes our thoughts & emotions are just like
Howard, they don’t have direction when they are let free to do what they want
to do, and we lose our cared and loved ones in this process. We may still
wander to find our way back, sometimes we get so lucky that who help us reach
our homes back but not all are lucky! My parents used to say, we never know the
value of our loved ones when you are around but when they are gone, you realize
what you missed! That is very true I thought. For all those beautiful humans in
this world, do not ever lose your loved ones! Care for them do not give up so
easily
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