Moving Incident

One fine morning,as I was taking a morning walk breathing fresh air , I saw a female dog with its pups playing unmindful of the cars and trucks which were passing by on the road.Whether you are a human or an animal the playful instincts and the love perhaps is the same.I do not think that there is any definition for this instinct which can be worded but only experienced !!.

I looked at them and a feeling of warmth and sadness engulfed me at the same time,The pups and the mother seemed weak and skinny.The pups were desperately trying to mouth their mother for the morning feed but she seemed to ward them off.Seemingly, she had nothing to feed them from its own skinny body.Most of us would just pass by since we are humans and they are animals.But the soul is within them as well like it is in us.As GOD has crafted each one of us,the same supreme being has given them life too.We can express our inability,greviances and hunger to each other and if the fate is kind to us we would get some help.But for these animals someone from among us has to actually see through their eyes , look at the plight and be kind.

I bought a few packets of milk and a bread and spreading the bread on a platic bag which I took from the vendor poured the milk over it.Putting it at their side I watched the pups and the mother devour the bread and milk. After few seconds the mother left it and let the pups enjoy the bread and milk.She had sacrificed her hunger for her puppies.I could see at the end, small white droplets of the milk on their whiskers and they were cleaning them up with their little pink tongue.A feeling of satisfaction could be seen on their faces.They looked at me and wagging their tail followed me for some distance as if to express their gratitude.But for me this was something which I had not done for any gratitude but from a sense of pleasing my own soul and satisfying theirs..I looked up at the sky and thanked GOD and prayed that these acts of kindness should always be a part of my presence on earth till such time I am there.

Experiences likes these need to be shared.There is a golden proverb which says " when you share, you care"

Sanjiv Gupta

Creator Merrigold