Thank you, again!

 I've been having this temptation to buy a new phone - moto g, which I resisted initially ( I'd just sold my lumia 620 a couple of months back), only for it to boomerang back even more stronger:-|

And so I'm on the verge of succumbing to my temptation, or rather I should say I was :)... Coz then came a thought so powerful - dunno from where.. 

Started thinking about an orphanage which I've never been to, the one which my friends from IIST visit, the NGO my friend Vivek is a part of..My thoughts wandered to the life of those orphans, those for whom life is harsh, unfair, biased...For whom discrimination is normalcy, with no one to complain to .. no Dad/mom to fall back to, when in distress..those for whom education itself is a luxury, when I complain for lack of pocket money. Those, for whom having a blanket to warm themselves in winter is like a boon  - and here I moan to the insatiable desire for branded consumables . 

As my wandering mind swims back to me, I realise that here I'm, once again worrying about another new smartphone for reasons best left unsaid. 

I can only ask myself, on how much I really deserve of whatever I've got in life - caring people, no serious responsibilities, enough money for necessities, and finally, all the time in this world to perfect what I'm doing now - my Post graduation!

I wonder what I'd have been like, had I been born an orphan, what my thoughts would have been like? What'd have been my priorities? Without mom and dad, whom would I look up to or fall back, during turbulent times..I'd not have got the same kind of education that I've had in this life, nor would I be the spendthrift that I'm.

A few hrs ago, I was calculating the least possible EMI which I'd have to pay if I decide on buying the phone and never once did it occur that if I manage to squeeze out the EMI amount for my dream device, why can't I struggle enough to squeeze out the same amount and make the lives of the ones at the orphanage better? - Until now.

I've been through this once before, years ago..and such thoughts help me in ways countless! 

So, thank you...again!