This is the real life story of a young guy who lost his legs at the age of 19. It happened when he tried jumping into a pool from a great height without knowing it is not that deep enough. What he lost in it, was not only his legs and the strength of his right hand, but all hopes, dream and joy of life.
Can you imagine how will it be
When one fine day you realize that
You can't even walk by yourself
When you have years and years to pass in front of you
Though it is not the right thing to say
I somehow feel that it would have been better
to be born handicapped
than losing all that you had at the age of 19
The memories of the childhood and college days
which were once sweet and lovely was then hurting him
even deeper than the physical stress
which he was undergoing
The moments of fun he had
playing with his friends, running and catching them
The days of pride, when he won
matches and matches with his strong football kicks
The moments of pleasure he had
while his legs made strokes against the waves to swim
were all flashing one by one before him
making his wound at heart deeper and wider
He felt completely shattered
Realising the fact that
Neither god nor any doctor could
save his life from this situation
He felt death would have been better
Than leading such a hard miserable life
Only one thing in this world
can heal any wound deep or mild
Drug can do an effect only if man has
"A hope to live" or "A dream to survive"
And this hope or dream come only
from the feeling of "being loved"
When all the doors which could possibly
show a light were shut right before him
The immense love of his family and friends
started giving him a positive energy and spirit
and gave a ray of hope to his life
His thoughts started drifting away
From the state of hopelessness to a new direction
and with course of time what he developed
was an extraordinary mental strength
To fight against all the hurdles with a smile on his face
He proved with his life that
No hard storm can sink him down and that
He will still sail like a mighty ship
Serving others onboard.
The lady who came into his life as a nurse
To take care of him admired his positive thoughts
She expressed her purest love to serve him throughout his life
and later became his life partner
It is said that behind success of every man there is a woman
and she was the angel of love behind his success
You would be wondering how
I had known these two beautiful souls
Well as a child, I spent most of my weekends
for learning music and violin out there
In the institution they started together
for bringing up children's cultural and extracurricular skills
He has done wonderful things
for his fellow beings and children in the society
From his age of 20 till the age of 75
Driven by the strong willpower of his mind
And with the help of his wheelchair
He always loved kids
That could be the reason why
whatever initiatives he took
was connected in one way or the other to children
There was a statue of Chacha ji (Jawaharlal Nehru - beloved Indian leader who loved children)
In front of the nursery he started
The institute was called "Swaraj"
which clearly shows his patriotism
He gave children awareness of freedom fighters
He also held a children's association
and conducted several competitions
to encourage and help them recognize their skills
Though they never had their own kids
They brought up hundreds of kids as good individuals
And what they got in return was the love of all of them
He is now no more but I am sure that he lives in the hearts of many
My father was his family doctor
I hear from Achan that
He often get bed sores over his body
since all his life was in wheel chair or bed
And even on dressing a wide wound filled with pus
He never failed to carry his smile on face
I also remember the way he write
with less strength of his right hand
He held pen in his weak right hand
and pushed it to scribble with his left hand
by keeping a cardboard over his lap
I do believe the saying that
God or the supreme power gives hard puzzles
for the people whom he loves the most
Because he has faith and trust in them
He is confident that they will figure out their own ways of solving it
And will shine brighter like a wonderful star
Life sometimes gives us a very hard punch
That is strong enough to push us down
But the success of a man lies in his ability
To come out of the darkness
With much more positivity