When I THINK I have got problems.....

When I think I have got problems, all I can do is keep thinking about them.

When I think I have got problems, I feel that I am the most troubled soul in the world. 

When I think I have got problems, I hate every person who thinks my problem is not big enough.

But when I look around, I realize . . . . . 

We will come back to my realization in a little while. Let’s try and look around first.

I look around and I see our maid doing the dishes. She gets a call (Yes, she has a mobile phone). It’s from her son’s boarding school in some far off area, saying he is not well, asking her to come and take him home. She gulps down some water and asks the person on the phone whether she could get there the same evening and get her son as she cannot afford to waste her working day as that could cost her her job. Getting the confirmation, she hurriedly finishes her work and leaves. 

After some time, I go downstairs. I see the aunty living in the second floor shouting at someone. There are two people standing. One is the security guard of the building and the other her driver. Listening for a few minutes gives me the picture of the whole situation. The driver was being scolded for sitting and talking with the guard and not standing up when she had arrived there. I move on.

I go to a small shop near my building to get a recharge done. It also has a phone booth. I give the shopkeeper the recharge details and wait for him to get it done. All the while, I could hear sentences like, “No, you cannot do this.” “How will our seven year old child go through all of this?” “Can’t we give it another chance?” “I will never stop you for anything, just come back. Please.” It was the lady in the telephone booth, crying all the while she was talking on the phone.

I get the recharge confirmation message on my phone and come back home.

Let’s come back to my realization.

When I THINK I have got problems, all I do is stop thinking about others.

When I THINK I have got problems, I feel that I should be given the most importance in the world.

When I THINK I have got problems, I hate every person who tells me the truth.

But when I look around, I realize . . . . . 

I just THINK I have got problems.