Humans and animals are so different from each other in ALL aspects!! Every little thing that you do, a human may eventually forget, but an animal ALWAYS remembers! Humans are namesake christened “HUMAN” – they most often lack the essential HUMANITY, GRATITUDE AND GREATFULNESS as their name suggests that they ought to have, especially when they are in debited to someone for something! I, myself, dawned upon this enlightenment recently!
During my final year at school, I used to walk back home. Still being a painful and troublesome teenager, I inevitably never ate my lunch fully and had to hear the same lecture at home, day after day! So… I hit upon this extremely “clever” idea! (I like to call it ‘clever’ because until now, the secret of “how my lunchbox always came back home empty” was never out!) I used to feed this doggy with a nice, long bushy tail my leftovers from lunch – which were plenty! U used to feed it so frequently that he used to wait for me everyday at his spot at 3.45 pm, his tail wagging and with a grin on his furry face!
12th standard whizzed by and my “hungry friend” soon grew a little plump over the year. On the last day of school, as I was feeding him, I felt a small pang of sadness. I spoke to the dg and I told him that today may be the last time I would be feeding him. He abruptly stopped eating and looked up at me with his hazel brown, intelligent and soothing eyes. It was as though he had understood what I said and was coming to terms with it! I patted him and walked back home with a comparatively heavier heart.
Two years hence (present day scenario) I happened to walk down that familiar road once again. It was a hot, sultry day and I was perspiring a lot! To my surprise I happened to see my “hungry friend” lying down comfortably on a heap of sand – fast asleep. He looked old but a little plumper. I was happy that at least he was getting something to eat. As I was walking by him… I stopped, crouched down, looked at his furry, familiar face and said : “hi doggie!” The response I got in return was over whelming! Those intelligent eyes opened, he got up in a trice, wagged his tail furiously and bowed! TEARS CAME TO MY EYES!
To think that for an animal whom you feed your left-over food has so much memory, gratitude and gratefulness for that ONE act of kindness which you may have performed even unintentionally, is OVERWHELMING! This just shows how we humans are so materialistic, sans any gratitude or gratefulness and how, until today, we still have SO MUCH to learn from those beings who we mindlessly consider inferior to us! It is honestly… SUCH DIRE SHAME!
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