Power of Money

Indeed! Money can't buy everything. I put this up as my gtalk status msg, and quite a few have asked me about 'what I was trying to buy?'. I wasn't particularly looking to buy something, but .. well, here's the story!

On many occasions, I had seen an old lady walking, supporting her grandson of 12 years (maybe) on one arm.. struggling. Her grandson is mentally ill. I doubt if he can see the world too. Everyday, she diligently takes him for a walk. I don't know where she stays, where she takes him, but have always seen her on this "journey". Occasionally stopping to wipe the sweat off her brow, or changing her position, i.e. supporting her grandson on the other arm after a while.

Today, I stood waiting in the queue of an ATM, cursing the hot weather, the long queue, the slowness of the people ahead, etc. All of a sudden there was a commotion, I turned around and to my horror, a boy had fallen on the road..it was her grandson and she struggled to get him back on his feet. Her old age was clearly visible in her hunched back. And I felt stupid for having complained about the silly things. I walked out of the queue to give her some money, and she accepted it and thanked me for it. I had done nothing...absolutely nothing, yet she looked at me like I had done something incredible. Never felt so small. and through money I seeked to rest my heart that ached every single time in the past. Yet... my heart was still aching. Truly, money cant buy everything!