it's cold here. no, not like wisco cold, but cold when you don't have doors to your house, which happens to be like, uh, 1/2 the delhi population. or so it seems on this such " ill'in on india' day." on my way to my yoga class i could feel that cool breeze drifting in....on the way home, everyone else felt it too. the reason why delhi is the most polluted city in the world? it all comes back to pobreza. the people who live in jugghis or squatter communities will burn everything and anything to get their heat on. literally. it's awful for the environment...but it's even more awful for humanity.
some days this is really just heart breaking. to see how some people live and think about how i live disgusts me. what is even a little more disgusting is how easy it is to just pack it in. just pretend that i am removed from it, even though i am literally 2 feet away from the child with no pants on the side of the road. it continues to be trying. my friend gene said it so well on his blog....made me think also...
what is it that made me lucky and them not?
the least i can do is acknowledge people. acknowledge that i was blessed with the things that i have. and acknowledge that some people were not.
at this point i offer a smile. a look in the eyes. a 'hey, i know you're human too'
after all,
how different are we?
One Day
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2 comments:
beautiful entry. Sometimes a smile and glance in someone's eyes is the best way to let them know that, when we are stripped of all outward symbols of status, we are the same.
"the least i can do is acknowledge people. acknowledge that i was blessed with the things that i have. and acknowledge that some people were not.
at this point i offer a smile. a look in the eyes. a 'hey, i know you're human too'
after all,
how different are we?"
You'd be amazed how many people can't even make those acknowledgements, even as they pass the homeless here in the US.
Love ya,
d
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