THE HEART I PINNED

Humans are under busy and rushing schedule even during this pandemic and lockdown. It's a very short timing process to move outside house for our needs past a year and now a week. The timing we are under the lockdown precaution is till 12.00 p.m. to move outside for necessary deals. Though it's for our safety, it's little pressure for old people and for women who are living single. Goodness is they accepted this scheme as it's our life mask. As its the May month and the vacation period, people use to have their family trip during these holidays. Past two years this vacation has arrested due to pandemic. Unless we people undertsand the reasoning, children cannot be diverted. Invention of mobile phones and video calls has controlled human though its home living. Thing is most of the elder fathers and grand fathers are missing their free chat time under a tea shop shed, morning and evening friend's meet, women visiting temple in regular to offer their favourite God. In other hand its very notable that women rushing to their job is holded during this lockdown days. Early wake up at 4.00 a.m., preparing food, making ready the children to schooling, arranging things for the partner and keeping ready things for the elders at home and then hurrying to her job was a woman's usual exercise before this present home schedule. But its just opposite to that period has to be accepted because most of the family members use to wake late morning nowadays is true. At the same time its late to sleep also. Waiting for the bus in busstop, not to miss particular timing bus where next bus lates to work spot, intaking food at improper time during working hours, reaching home late due to crowd in bus or waiting to take bus inwhich expecting available of seats. Again back to house hold work. These all had became a frustrating schedule in a woman's life. The present days are not so much differ. It's also under same frustration because they find difficult to manage house hold works along with children, elders and partner. Inital period of pandemic made them to take it as easy going as well as being great time with family. As it is extending, they find no diversion in their hours where they have to look after kitchen, members, office work from home and self relaxation. Balancing happily is the only thing no need to rush to wait for a bus or to ride or drive a vehicle to reach office at time in a traffic. Again to notice is, schedule is topsy-turvey. No proper food, no time with members, no good sleep, no salary and no patience. It's all due to no diversion. Both men and women are facing this. Straight thoughts are narrow in their mind is because of tight and fight inside and outside. People can utilise these days to clean their house, disposing waste, arranging their wardrobe by disposing their old clothes, altering and stiching the torn dresses, etc. Can involve children in all these maintenance. Children will able to learn these activites from the elders while taking part in arrangements. When I text about this altering and stiching clothes, I just remember one of the situation I had during my bus travel while to my work. It was a sunny day, I was waiting in the bus stop at morning to take bus to the town. That day the regular bus didinot came and it was late. After half an hour, there came an another bus and I got into it. I use to choose window seat. I got behind the driver seat. After three stops, a homely woman got and sat near to me. I could suspect that she was getting late to her job. She looks very tense and was sweating. Her hands were shivering and words were stammering. She took ticket to the same town stop. The bus was moving in normal speed but the lady was in same tense and expression. I have a habit of reading books till reaching town bus stop. Suddenly, when I was turning to my bag to pick a book, I found her dress (tops) was torn. But I was thinking about, already she is in tense and if I say about her dress, 'how will she react?' But its needed to tell her as I'm a woman. I thought of interacting with her and I started to give words to her. I enquired about her work place, stopping and her nature of job. Slowly she became normal and within fifteen minutes she was relaxed and I could see her smiling face. Now, I disclosed her that her tops was torn. She looked at it and turned to be nervous. But I didnot want her to be abnormal again. So I suggested her to be normal and not to worry on it. I took safety pins from my bag and pinned her dress. She was looking at my eyes sharply being a bonded heart. After pinned, she became calm and exposed to me that she was hurrying to take bus from her stopping because not all the government bus stops at her stopping. She detailed to me about her schedule and her family situation which had made me to think that I am blessed. Nothing physically or materially be supported from myside to her. But I am very sure that my positive words might. I wanted her to maintain calmness and relaxed in her life days. The time we got on that day had taught, the day was fulfilled through the gain of a new heart. I gave my contact number to her and asked her to ring me when she feel fed or bad. But still I didnot received her call or not yet met her back. while she was to got down from the bus, I asked her to stitch her dress in a stitching shop and then to arrive her office. She smiled and hugged me saying 'thanks'. I could feel her comfortness in her hug. I was completely touched up with the incident because I could feel it in her place thinking, if I am her, what will be I am? I donot know. I took this incident as a lesson and I thank God for giving me that patience to deal a heart for that few minutes. Really, I started to check my dresses then before wearing. My prayers for that woman and her situations. Dear readers, I expect to add patience and calmness in all our lives to pretend intellectually to hold other hearts if suppose we get into various situations as I had. Make these lockdown days to find your stiching errors and alter it. You can keep a set of safety pins, bindi, hair band, napkin, handkerchief, a pen, a note pad, phone diary with important phone numbers, a water bottle and other usables in your hand bag. Don't think its being heavy or to be a simple pack of living style to carry essentials in your bag. Use this holidays to rectify errors which you would have experienced negatively to turn as positive for you as well as to others you cross. Wear mask, Wash your hands frequently, Avoid moving outside unnecessarily. Keep safe for your family and country.