Its thursday aagian, mornig has jsut started, pretending to work in the office by cheking out the what-to-do-luxuary-things for the weekend. I have'nt really thoguht about how fortunate i have been in these 21years. i have read an article that the world is going to end in 2012, funny!! Our time is going to end soo and there is so much to do....

Having a conversation with the store-keeper at workplace has made me write this blog entry. He asked me about my education cost, other expenses etc. My expenses and my living was quite too high according to him. He told me about his unfortunate story of starting work at an early age of 11years as a construction worker carrying 40kgs of cement.Due to his hardship at home, he had to quit his education. he wanted to complete his studies and yet he hasnt finished his grade 12th being 33years of age now. He also worked as a delivery boy for a courier company when he came to UAE and had to walk miles from emirates to emirates to deliver post. He had gone through many hardships and today he has a bitter good work at Schuco and is a also a husband. He said, life was so pathetic then, wanting to study yet no one was there to support him.He had to struggle his life to make a living. He adviced that i should appreciate and thank God for being blessed to have parents and siblings who are supportive at all times.

Some people are so not fortunate to get the basics in life yet they learn how to live their life through hardships and courage to be a winner one day. But people like me, have become so arrogant and ego-istic about things that i have and tend to see things as un-noticable. I admit the mistakes i have made has only made people close to me hurt more.And i used to hurt them for my simple-silly- idiotic-selfish nature. I feel so miserbale now.

Felix, the storekeeper, has now enrolled for graduation this year and will be passed out from school. And he can go ahead with his college education at this age. I appreciate how he feels now, and how he has maintained the dreams of educating himself even after many failures in life. He has never given up and i love this quality in him.

I am not going to forget the story of Felix and shall be thankful for all the fortunate things i have in my life.

God bless you.

Shiran