A Smile Stronger than the Sun
Hola and Hello my beloved readers,
Señorida Anastasia here. Yes... your Rida P.S and this Señorida is a single person. Rida P.S alias Señorida Anastasia
I have to write this. You have to read this.
Have you ever heard of Ganesh Kailas? The man on wheels?
He came to my school yesterday as part of a motivation speech. The students really don't enjoy motivation speeches. We sit there for not our sakes most of the times. I'm just being honest.
But.... yesterday.... everything changed.
I was sitting in the back of the auditorium. The guests weren't on the stage. Odd, I thought. I can only hear the first words of the speech and I was sure that the kids would start talking real soon because among us were kids from middle school as well. But then the speaker asks
'Where am I sitting'
It's only just after that I know it when he tells he's sitting on a wheelchair. God!
His duty was to show us a the right path of life. He did it. He spoke from his heart and we heard with our heart. The fact that he was there speaking for nearly two hours and we didn't even know it!
There are things he said and he didn't say. But we heard it all. Truly inspiring and insightful. At instances I felt my eyes glistening with a glint of tears. Even felt my heart crumble. Some of the children were indeed crying. Moral values are treasures and he did provide us with that.
I hate podcasts most the times. I don’t like to listen to people's voices just like that. I get bored or impatient or it's simply hard to concentrate. I couldn't even manage 30 minutes of Tom Holland's podcast interview and Tom Holland is like.... my favorite of the favorite. Yesterday... everything changed.
After the speech he called the students to say something about it. I heard trembling quivering innocent voices that reverberated honest little questions. I would say that a kid was surely crying. I can't say for sure for I did say... I couldn't see anything from the back. Then he asks the tenth graders to stand and 3 kids walk up to him. I wanted to go so bad. I wanted to see him and give the best heartfelt gratitude I could. But I'm scared to walk upto the front stage in front of all those people. Mind you... I'm social anxious. It's true. I get anxious when I see people. My teacher asks me to go and now that she did I knew it was for me to go there and so I didn't think twice.
I saw him. He had this smile and I knew it was a smile that defeats the sun. The sun burns to shed light on our vast universe. His smile is brighter than the sun. I never smile big. Even if I do, it's never a real smile. Yesterday I felt myself smile. All I could tell him was that I couldn't see him from the back and that I'm usually scared to come front stage but I saw you now and all I want to say is your smile is so strong.
Everyone told him that he's their role model now. I wouldn't say it like that. I'm human. I probably would forget someone who came to my school when I once was in 10th grade. But as I say.... we may forget but the light they left on us and we left on them will forever enlighten us all. I say that he truly did enlighten all the little souls of our school including mine forever, ever so brightly.
He's gave us faith and hope on life. He showed us that. Respect was ultimately audible with our pin drop silence. The beauty of life was revealed.
And know what? He came to the end of the auditorium. Everyone saw him. They cheered for the man on wheels.
You should read about him. You can find on on google, facebook, Youtubeyoutube. I'm not lengthening my post. Hope your day becomes just as wonderful as you are:)
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