least you can do

It was a reunion with school friends after almost eleven years. One of my friend asked over the phone, pehchan legi na? I said of course why not. When I met her I observed that she was not making eye contact with me, I couldn't understand the reason for it then but while writing this blog I can relate whst stopped her from making eye contact. It was probably her fear that I would read the struggle of her life in her eyes. I am little upset from myself as to why couldn't I understand it earlier when I was sitting in front of her and how is it that I am linking things now. The things that I heard were difficult to absorb and I was glad to be accompanying her at that moment when she was sharing it all. I didn't really know what I could do to help her but the first thing that I did was to divert her mind, for what was the use of her meeting us if she had to recollect all her trouble again and we just be silent listeners. I don't  really know if all of us practice this but i feel its wrong to remind the person of his trouble,  for while you do so you force that person to live in past yet again and ruin his present. One step to positive attitude Is to add happiness to the life of the person who is really troubled and the least you can do is to pray for the well being of that person. It just takes few moments of your life and a true heart to do it. Its not going to harm you in any way but it certainly does add lot of value to other persons life.

Manisha Dawar