On a Sunday Morning...

Recently I was going through my very old posts( the ones written in 2007 ) again, and reworked on some of the really nice ones. I thought it good to re-share a few of them. My sincere apologies to those of you who remember the post shared here...

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It was a pleasant Sunday morning and everyone at the house was lazing around, when we (me, my Mother in law and a cousin sister) decided to go to the nearby market to have a good time doing shopping. After getting dressed, we all rushed to Jayanagar shopping complex nearby.
It was early winter – the air was chill and pleasant and you could hear a few birds chirping. The shops had just opened up and everyone seemed to be in a Sunday morning pleasant mood. We went roaming around doing a lot of window shopping and gazing through the shops.

As we were rambling around lazily, we noticed a neatly dressed old lady selling trinkets, bangles and cheap imitation jewelry on the foot-path. We stopped to check out the colorful bangles. When, at one point, I noticed a measuring tape flying away in the wind. I looked at the kind old lady said - "Mam! Your measuring tape is flying away". She looked at the direction I was pointing, and got the measuring tape back and gave me a grateful smile. I smiled back at her.
Then I asked her in a childlike manner - " Is it for sale, I would like to buy it". She gave an apologetic smile and said - "No. It’s not for sale."

And then as an afterthought, she suddenly melted and said "Take it! I can always get another one." I was surprised and tried refusing her but she was insistent. Then we tried offering her money. Again she just wouldn’t accept it. God knows what or whom did I remind her of.

I was left dazed and speechless.

Have you ever noticed that of all the material things that you could give anyone, most of the people just look for “love” and “respect”. And when the genuineness and authenticity of the respect comes across to the other person, he or she will be ready to do any thing for you.
This incident just reconfirmed my belief, that all people need, is a lot of Love and Respect.