Blindness
The day started with an argument. I shut the door with a bang and walked out of the house. Walking towards the railway station I kept asking myself, "Why is my life so miserable?"
As I reached, the train had already left the platform. I was late... again. I walked slowly towards my usual bench. I was so upset. My job, my family, my life, everything was on the verge of devastation. Nothing was happening according to my plans and I didn't know what I should do to save it. As I was about to sigh, I heard a laugh that shook me out of my thoughts.
A small girl, 3-4 years, was playing and running across the platform. A blind man, was trying to catch her. Whenever he caught her she laughed and as soon as he left her on the floor, she would run in the other direction. He was following her with the sound of her anklets. I was watching them so keenly that I forgot my pain for a while.
Suddenly she fell and started crying. The blind man, probably her father, took her in his arms and tried to calm her, but she didn’t stop. An old woman, accompanied by a blind lady, came and took her from his arms. She looked closely at her face, arms and legs and told them that she had got just a small bruise on her knee. They walked to nearby bench. She told them not to worry, “It’s just a small bruise.”
They kept wiping her tears. But soon her father made some goofy faces and she laughed again. The girl jumped from her grandmother’s lap and put her arms around her father... and hugged him tightly.
I pitied the man for being blind. It saddened me again, thinking how they must be living without seeing their daughter's face or the world outside. But, they were smiling. Smiling, as if determined to be happy no matter whatever comes.
I questioned myself, Was being happy so simple? Or was I blind to not see their happiness?
Yes, I was blind. I did not see what I had. I always wished for more and ended up not appreciating what I have. I was blind.
Happiness is all around us. Our eyes are open but our minds are closed. Open your mind and see how happy your life could be ... :)
Project: Story Writing and Illustration Book
Story Book size: 9.5cms width x 7cm height
Story Book size: 9.5cms width x 7cm height
Here I tried to write a story from a self experience incident and illustrate it in a way that I enjoy the most. I have used rotring pen on recycled brown paper.
Some of the illustrations ...
Happiness is around you :) Open your mind and you will feel it :D
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