Friday, November 19, 2010

Sight through the 'blind fold' !

Remember the game we used to play when we where kids? there used to a 'blind folded' catcher set out to catch the rest of us.Was it fun being the catcher or the dodger? I pretty much am sure you must have picked not being the catcher. It was always fun when we run, taunt and dodge the poor fella who is temporarily 'blind'.Tried being on the other side? OH BOY, now thats something we don't wanna be *No? For those who are grunting with a negative, all i have to say-"exceptions are always there"..lol..A pretty good excuse to avoid an argument uh ?..;)..* 
      Lets go a bit further with the game. Like it or not, Life plays a very similar game with many. Well m really really lucky not to be a part of a game for once! The players here range from the young and innocent kids to the old and matured strata. If your still wondering what is it that m' talking about is nothing other than - "The BLIND" Yes, the blind! This is how it goes, they are the catchers in the 'blindfold-game' forever *luckily for few not as long as forever* the only difference here is that the cloth we used when we where kids is an eye defect or a malfunction of the eye here. Sad uh? =(  
      Do we ever empathize with the blind? Have we tried walking in their shoes?(speaking of shoes half of them can not see their own shoes) Have we gone through what they go through every unfortunate second of their life? *If you have played the game I told you folks about*, the answer is a straight 'YES'! Being visually challenged in real life is just another form of the game. But the game here is raised to a whole new level. An eminent level that is very unfortunate and many a time goes beyond control.
      Which reminds me "A bus travel from college back home changed the way i look at things in life.Ironically, my sight was influenced by a little girl aged between 5-6 with a cute little broad smile with a glowing face with 'not as much glowing eyes'. Her eyes where grey.The sight of which cut out the blood flow in and out of my heart for a split second.A beautiful young lass filled with immense burst of laughter so much so tears rolled out of my lucky pair of eyeballs. I was rather confused,confusion lingered on what my tears where for? Was it the fact that seeing a child smile or being happy always overwhelms me(i love kids, i go gaga over 'em :D ) or was it her blindness that caused the sting? A very obscure feeling indeed! This happened around a month back and i type it to you now and as queer it can get - I STILL HAVE NO CLUE ON WHAT THAT FEELING WAS. oh well....!"
      There is a dandy something that is so very prominent but we choose not to see.If you haven't converted my words into a motion picture in your mind, do it now. What do you see?what do you feel?What do you interpret? 
       Well this is my piece of thought..(If you have yours, please do share it =) looking forward to your side of the story)

-You wake up one morning with a zit on your cheek. I know many would firstly freak out looking at it and if your beauty conscious which 99% of the people are; you'll go through a very traumatic phase all morning and worse all day! GOD ! and the most  weirdest part is you have a problem walking in-front of people or showing your 'zit-attacked' face out in public considering it as some public humility or whatever. Its after all a very very small thing,GET A LIFE PEOPLE ! open your eyes while you can still see. Looks are important,agreed,but what about those who can never look at anything including themselves? when a zit can make you go through such a torturous state, how would a blind person feel like? many tell me they'll get used to it. I say 'are you used to and have accepted the fact your shorter or taller or fatter or thiner than the other person? We always have a inferiority-complex. and trust me so will the blind or specially challenged people. But look at the way they take life ? The way they swim their battered selves 'up-tide'! The little girls smile was simply a priceless sight. A sight of a sightless girl throwing vibez at you saying 

"look at yourself seeing me while i cant see you,look at your fortunate yet complained filled life. Once, just once, try seeing through my eyes.You'll see how beautiful life is even in the darkness"!   

8 comments:

  1. Good one Mate. It was really touching. Your true that it is tough to empathize. Try writing blogs on a variety of topics and dont just stick to life and its experiences. Great going :)

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  2. Thanks a ton =)n yea fo sure.. will certainly do write more! Real glad you could feel my words =) =)

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  3. its really touching aki... not everyone realises these things...bt at least ppl like u must make us to think abt it...nice aritcle.. luved t.. :) :)

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  4. @friengy: ThnkQ =) well thats precisely what i thrive for.. for people to start realizing the difference in them and start to work for a better future..for themselves and the society ! =)

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  5. @vinod uncle: I'll certainly make sure this fire is never washed out..but ll also make sure the fire is passed on to my readers and the society !

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  6. Interesting thought Aakif, to simply put things up..what are we doing with our life? how best we put together our gifts? And end of the day what difference we make to others life? Life is really beautiful, if we stop complaining and start living it. And to live life, we need to realise it first. Little incidents like this are a reminder call of what we need to do with our life.
    Thanks for sharing....welcome to blogosphere :)

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  7. @anto: thanks buddy =) n yo ryt.. thr is so much to be seen than we actually see in life.. the difference - i believe starts within us.. create a difference in yourself and then others.. if evry1 did this.. our life and others too wud be gr8 !

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