Today’s life is like an action packed movie with racy
screenplay and high voltage action. In case if we tend to slow down we happen
to feel bit timid. This being the case it just happened that I had opportunity
to participate in two back to back events for noble causes on two consecutive
days. Nothing was planned and it was a mere coincidence that I had to chance to
get involved in both events. I had good excuse to skip at least one of the
events since I was weary after my drive the previous night. Somehow thought I
should participate on both events and express my gratitude and humanity.
First event was a 5K walk – a cancer
awareness program and the program’s main objective was to reach out to people
and families affected by breast cancer. The walk was just three miles and it
was fairly simple to walk which demanded just one hour of our time. I was spell
bounded to see the crowd that gathered for this event. Those who wore pink
shirts were cancer survivors and it was great to see the crowd cheer for these
people who have fought their way back to life. There were lot of people who
lost their family members due to cancer and it was great to see them having
something like a tag at their back indicating who they are dedicating this
noble cause to. The best thing according to me is that the moral support from
people in reaching out to cancer community saying we will do our part in every
possible way to help people affected by cancer. Just to gain momentum I also
happened to buy book about Lance Armstrong to know what did he went through and
how did he overcome this disease. Though he is caught for various reasons now I
think he was a good fighter to overcome this disease and come back again to
life.
Second event was DC
kitchen – a volunteering opportunity to prepare food for 4000+ people per Hindu
style of cooking. It was a bunch of people and I personally thought it was a
very good way to spend time on Mother’s day. The entire logistics of how this
DC kitchen operates is very interesting. It was basically a Rajma sort of curry
with many vegetables as part of ingredients. Menu was very simple but since it
has to be a huge volume the effort was more.
On Sunday evening when I looked back at my weekend somehow
felt very happy and satisfied. My role was a very minor one but I thought if
every human being played a minor role this world would be lot better. The root
cause of any social work is to feel the gratitude of where do people stand and
this would automatically trigger people to spend time and money for social
causes. Once the family grows bigger I am not sure how much time I can spend on
social causes but right now I am happy and proud I am making the maximum use of
my time by registering my name in some meaningful social activities.
