A kid caught my attention last night at a fastfood restaurant as they ordered for their food and we
waited for ours.
I studied him for a minute and I realized he is handicapped. His right hand's missing..
It broke my heart.
For a young one like him, he has a lot of things to still
enjoy but is probably missing out because of that ill-fated circumstance.
I continued to gaze at him then diverted my attention unto
something before they catch me staring.
On our way home, I again remembered the boy.
I am not supposed to pity him for its not healthy and his disability
isn’t a hindrance for him to be able to do the things that a kid or even an adult
with two complete arms and hands can do. He’s still young, who knows in the
near future he’ll be the best doctor, or whatever he’ll want to become. We just
don’t know.
In that moment I was slapped with the reality of how petty
the problems that are currently saddening me compared to his. Petty not in a
way that they’re unimportant but when leveled to the boy’s current situation,
they mean NOTHING.
But neither that thought nor the fact that I was again on a
somnolent detachment mode helped.
In fact I should pity myself because I’m like this and I am
allowing myself to be again dragged into this abyss of loneliness. Just like
what I’ve already said, I seemed to have delighted so much in the pain that it
grew as a habit.
*sigh*
I was never fond of this habit of mine.
But what else can I do?
*shrugs*
Perhaps i just have to have something to hold on to. That these moments are meant to teach me great lessons, i know. They will help me understand life and help me find myself and the reason why He placed me here.