The Sun shone clear and bright in the fresh winter air.I had set out to terrace to spend some time reading in quiet.I felt that mushy sunlight enveloping me under its warm gesture.With that I pulled out my sweater & sat on the stair following to elevator room and started reading.
To my great shock..I just couldn't read dammit.My mind, wandering every other moment.I kept on re-reading a single para the whole time.Irritated with my mind,I shut the book and sat back sighing..just observing the pigeons and eagles and car-horns and aunty on other terrace.I felt like a lonely alien in a distant universe.I prayed to be spared from this.What was happening to me? What was the cause of this bewilderment? Why was I so affected?. I grappled to find myself.
The world around me seemed to disappear when all of a sudden,to my amazement,I saw a brown fat cat brushed past by me.After taking few rounds around me,without any fear of human,it crawled up and comfortably burrowed himself in my lap,like making it his nest and went to sleep.Feeling his warm body deeply breathing,I experienced another kind of shock.WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HE DOING?..and WHY ON EARTH I AM RESISTING IT??
I looked up.."What do I do now?".."Should I keep on sitting?.."..Like I can't move or he might get disturbed & scratch me!..I see he found a nice bed in my lap.I felt like let it be.Let him rest.But my back is like aching because of no movement and sitting upright...I prayed again.."..GOD! Please take him off!"
Hours passed as I sat motionless,fearing and being in service.From time to time,he moved and purred and digging his claws.His sleep seemed never to end.My back throbbed in pain by now.In my thoughts,I asked "Why is this happening to me?".I tried to strain my emotions...and waited.
Rest of the morning spent in an unusual gratitude.By the time it's 1 or something,my uninvited guest enjoyed a nice 3 hours of sound sleep.He awoke,jumped down to the cemented floor.I am not sure but before vanishing the cat stared at me with an innocent affection as if thanking my hospitality.I felt like a happy Pi whose richard parkar did looked back.
My aching back numb from strain,I collected my book and sweater,I got back to my room and tired,I felt like sleeping.
While lying down,I realized that our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or blessing into a curse.Yes,ludicrous as it was,that fat cat may have been sent to teach me the virtue of patience and forbearance.
To my great shock..I just couldn't read dammit.My mind, wandering every other moment.I kept on re-reading a single para the whole time.Irritated with my mind,I shut the book and sat back sighing..just observing the pigeons and eagles and car-horns and aunty on other terrace.I felt like a lonely alien in a distant universe.I prayed to be spared from this.What was happening to me? What was the cause of this bewilderment? Why was I so affected?. I grappled to find myself.
The world around me seemed to disappear when all of a sudden,to my amazement,I saw a brown fat cat brushed past by me.After taking few rounds around me,without any fear of human,it crawled up and comfortably burrowed himself in my lap,like making it his nest and went to sleep.Feeling his warm body deeply breathing,I experienced another kind of shock.WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HE DOING?..and WHY ON EARTH I AM RESISTING IT??
I looked up.."What do I do now?".."Should I keep on sitting?.."..Like I can't move or he might get disturbed & scratch me!..I see he found a nice bed in my lap.I felt like let it be.Let him rest.But my back is like aching because of no movement and sitting upright...I prayed again.."..GOD! Please take him off!"
Hours passed as I sat motionless,fearing and being in service.From time to time,he moved and purred and digging his claws.His sleep seemed never to end.My back throbbed in pain by now.In my thoughts,I asked "Why is this happening to me?".I tried to strain my emotions...and waited.
Rest of the morning spent in an unusual gratitude.By the time it's 1 or something,my uninvited guest enjoyed a nice 3 hours of sound sleep.He awoke,jumped down to the cemented floor.I am not sure but before vanishing the cat stared at me with an innocent affection as if thanking my hospitality.I felt like a happy Pi whose richard parkar did looked back.
My aching back numb from strain,I collected my book and sweater,I got back to my room and tired,I felt like sleeping.
While lying down,I realized that our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or blessing into a curse.Yes,ludicrous as it was,that fat cat may have been sent to teach me the virtue of patience and forbearance.
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