Do it now otherwise it would be too late: A short inspiring story

Author - Manoj Kumar

I read this short inspiring story in The Times of India some time back. The writer was living in Tanzania at that time. She had a Tanzanian maid at her house that used to do the household works there and went back to her home after doing her job in the evening. Tanzania is a poor country and the maids were easily available for the Asian community living there. As they were working for them for last several decades so they were familiar with the Indian ways of life and were also able to prepare Indian dishes. The maid at the author’s home was so poor that she used to wear same pair of cloth every day. And that too was torn and tattered. She wanted to give her the old cloths available at home but she hesitated that whether she would accept those as they were Indian dresses and Tanzanians used to wear different kind of dresses. One day her maid came to work and at the time when she had to leave for her home after finishing her work, the rain started heavily. But still she went in the rains in her torn and tattered cloth. The author at that time also wished to stop her and to give her some rain coat or umbrella, but perhaps she did not make that extra effort then. For the next few days, she did not come for work. Then the author talked to some of the other maids in the locality and got to know that she was ill. Her heart called her to meet her maid while recalling how her maid wet herself in the rain that day and so she fell ill. But, because of her works and other engagements, she could not go to the hospital to meet her. In another two three days, the news came to the author that she had expired. The author was shocked by the event that due to her inactivity and lack of extra effort and will, her maid expired and this event is haunting her for last several years. She remembers a few lines which she used to utter after the prayers of her school every day in her childhood days. The lines are
If you have a kind word to say, say it now
If you have something to give, give it now
If you can make someone glad or another less sad
Do it now… do it now… do it now..
If you have trust to bestow, show it now
If you have friendship to give, give it now
If there is pain you can ease or someone you can please do it now… do it now… do it now… !!!

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मित्रों यदि मेरा यह पोस्ट आपके दिल को जरा भी छू कर गुजरा हो तो मुझे विश्वास है कि आप मेरे इस प्रयास को लाइक दे कर मुझे और भी अच्छा लिखने की प्रेरणा, स्नेह और आशीर्वाद देंगे। आप अगर मुझे मेरे फेसबुक प्रोफाइल पर फॉलो करते हैं तो आपको मेरे शेयर किये सारे पोस्ट्स आपके नोटिफिकेशन्स में मिलते रहेंगे।