Smiles.. that Inspired.......

A moderately hot Saturday afternoon.... My hands were full with a couple of bags with some shopping on Commercial Street... Hungry and tired in Bangalore's mid June heat.. was walking up the main road to catch an auto... Here came a BMTC bus that was pretty empty.. I hopped onto it on instant reflex...

I was lost in my thoughts through the 30 min journey.. Somewhere in between 3 kids and a couple of ladies(they looked like their moms.. Im not too sure) got in.... There was a boy of about 9-10 yrs, a girl of about 7-8 yrs and another girl of about 5-6 yrs. I observed that all the 3 kids had some kind of ear plugs.. Slowly, I realised that these 3 kids were deaf and dumb.. they were actually returning home from school on a saturday afternoon.... I was surprised by the way they were communicating with each other.. I could see the expressions on their faces and body language and I was mesmerized by the fact that each child was so involved in responding and being a part of the whole communication process.. the conversation among them.. Although I could not understand what exactly they were saying... I could just make out that they were understanding each other and there was some kind of genuineness and gullibility in them.... They were full of life and brimming with energy !!! ....

Those 3 kids made me think....

They did have a disability... but they had overcome it in a certain way... of course, most importantly the parents of these kids are to be admired at... Having a child with special needs is definitely a very challenging aspect of parenting.. And it probably involves immense ultimum of STRENGTH to carry on with life and give such children a meaningful existence, nurturing them to evolve as competent individuals and definitely make the world a better place to live in... Kudos to them... They are truly heroic !!
A song from a tamil movie- Mozhi comes to my mind... (This is real good movie.. worth watching!!!... Jyothika has done a brilliant job)

"Kaatrin Mozhi... Oli yaa Isai yaa?".... "Poovin Mozhi.... Niramaa manamaa...?".... "Kadalin Mozhi.... Alai yaa... Norai yaa?"........

"The language of wind? Is it sound or is it music?... The language of a flower?.. Is it the color of the flower or its smell?... The language of the sea?.. Is it the waves or a foam of water?

Just like the fact that every coin has two faces...

Sometimes... well .. rather most of the times... the face of the double sided coin in various aspects of life are not in our control.. maybe beyond the reach of our power of decisiveness... But definitely.. people like these special kids , their parents and teachers have won over that not so promising side of the coin of their lives.. And they definitely would continue to do so.

Those 3 lovely kids inspired me on that Saturday afternoon.... They inspired me to bring out my best everyday at every moment.. The smile on their faces inspired me to smile..... :-)