Like a usual evening, I was sitting on a bench in the park in front of my home reading a book. The slow breeze seemed like tickling me and singing some mellow song which I was feeling inside. Suddenly a little boy, just about 7-8 years old, came close to me.
"I wish I could read", he said and walked away.
Before I could realize what he had just said, he was out of sight. He left me thinking that blessed are those who get a chance to be educated.
I lost the page of the book I was on. Breeze, for me, stopped right there. And so did the mellow song. And so did its tickling touch.
P.S. - Child labor and illiteracy are just as bad as any horrible disease. Disease kill the humans, they kill the society at large.
Also for Three Word Wednesday
19 After Thoughts:
Sheilagh Lee said:That says it all "I wish I could read. "
We are blessed that we have the ability to read and write stories and poetry.
Great work.
A meaningful piece well written.
Beautiful Fantastic Write Up!!
"I wish I could read."
Hit pretty hard. Immediately the pleasant atmosphere got blown away.
Illiteracy is a very serious issue. Thanks for the thoughtful piece of flash.
I wish they all could read!
A wonderful thought provoking message in so few words :)
Well thought and left me stunned and dazed just as you may have felt on that breezy evening on the bench!!
I had loved the program in school that we had many decades ago of 'Each one Teach one'
Cheers!!
To be able to read is a blessing and I hope every single one of us is blessed.
@ sheilagh: yeah we are so blessed. Thank God. Thanks for appreciating the write up.
@ deborah: thank you
@ creativity: thanks a lot dear
@ bettencourt: Illiteracy really is a very serious issue, and it needs to be looked into immediately.
@ kim: I too wish that
@ dialoguewithyou: thanks
@ nanka: I tried to feel that actually. Otherwise, I couldn't write it. Thanks for coming.
@ shail: I hope too. Amen.
"I wish I could read."
Very powerful.
It creates quite the unexpected effect.
Thank you for your words. I remember, as I explored the lives of Cambodian people while in Cambodia, how surprised I was at the number of people who can not read or write. It was quite a striking experience too.
The Poetry Bin
I cannot imagine myself without being able to read and write. I'm blessed too! :D
@ ren: thank u
@ the poetry bin: thank u for ur words too
@ nethra: me too. thank God for this
True, privileged are those who get a chance to read... blessed would be the ones who could teach from the heart they have.
Nice write up.
Cheers,
Blasphemous Aesthete
@ blasphemous: yes, if u can teach someone with what u have, u deserve to have it in the real sense.
very well written.
@ cardinal ruby: thanks dear and welcome to my place :)
Hi Deepak , chanced upon Replica while blog surfing..
profound thoughts , lucid narration and illuminating words ..Keep the good work up...May God bless :)
@ neetha: thanks a lot for ur kind words. they are encouraging :)
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