Yesterday, my cook she was very upset and I could sense that something is not right with her. While doing her work she got a call and she was talking, I could hear her from another room, and after sometime I could hear her sobbing. I reached out to her to check what was the problem and she told me that her mother back home was not being well treated by her daughter-in-law. It is sad to hear such things. She works here in Muscat with her full family back in India. She sends her hard earned money from here every month but her family least values it and keeps demanding for more and more. Every now and then she is stressed out with money issues with her family. I feel bad for her.
This is the story of many people, struggling on day to day basis for survival. Some of us have everything and yet for little things that we do not have we complaint and start feeling miserable. That includes me also sometimes, when things do not happen my way, I feel like it's not a fair game. But when I come across people who are fighting real battles of life I feel ashamed of my expectations. At this very point of time, there are so many people who are going through some or the other difficulty, fighting their battles.
While we say, Life is colorful, but this is not for everyone. For a lot of people life is grey, these are not bad or negative people. These are the ones whose days are same, wake up, go to work, come home, sleep and at the end of the day no money, time or energy left for any color in life. Some people do 2 jobs a day for their survival. I see a lot of people like these here in Muscat. Expat labor class people are struggling, in my own society there are cleaners who work almost round the clock. During the day time they do house jobs and late evening till mid-night I see them cleaning cars and other odd jobs.
I do believe at looking on the bright side of life, but in my own life also when I am faced with problems I see the color fading out and reality hits. Life is not happening on a straight line all the time, so if there is color right now then enjoy it and be humble and if it does not then be hopeful that the grey clouds will pass sooner or later.
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