A Simple Bowl To Drink From

--by sachineha, posted Mar 31, 2012

While buying milk from a nearby vendor my husband noticed an old lady walking by. She had a big sack on her head and two milk containers in her hands. She was walking a little ahead of him and, after some time, she sat down on the footpath, laid down her sack and tried to drink milk from the container.

My husband thought that she must not own a bowl. So, he cam home and asked me to give the lady a bowl so she could drink her milk without spilling it.

We hurried after her with a bowl but by the time we reached her she had already finished her milk.

Seeing us there, she said something which we could not understand. We asked if she needed some food and she nodded her head. We came back home, made up two food packets and hurried back to her. She was still there. We offered her the packets and she smiled as if giving her blessings.

No words exchanged, just expressions and gestures, but we came back home feeling lighter in our hearts.

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Posted by sachineha
Mar 31, 2012
Comments (18)

Readers Comments

Bluebell wrote: God Bless you for you loving kindness. Love, Light, Endless Blessings and a Million Smiles, Bluebell

annjav wrote: That was very observant and helpful of you to do this. Thanks for sharing it with us. I'm sure she is blessing you both too.

bluxess wrote: Thank you for giving your time and love to her in ways that goes beyond exchange of words ... Immense Blessings to you both, Bluxess.

Bluebellgirl wrote: Simple gestures like these can make any situation better. Blessed be :)

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: Kindness speaks all languages. Kudos to you both for caring! :)

RMB333 wrote: What a beautiful act! Thank you for sharing. Immense Blessing!

Bright07 wrote: It just goes to show that kindness and compassion need no words and what you and your husband did was beautiful :)

Froon wrote: I am so glad you did this, and i hope to do things like it as soon as possible.

windy wrote: What a nice experience you had! I think i will do the same things as you did.

For love!

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