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How I realized the importance of water?

Just when I was meandering in and out of my house, my mom called out to me and told me there was something wrong with the water pumping motor. I reached out to her as soon as I heard her voice. The thought of an empty tank was constantly bugging her. She added that without water it would not be possible for her and us to do the daily chores. I ran towards my room, which took me a while, to call my electrician. The person who I can rely on with my eyes shut. At times, he is lackadaisical and doesn't respond well. As usual, he told me that he was busy and would not be able to come. I told him that it was urgent and there's nothing we could do without his help. That's when I realized how important an electrician is. I sound like a square peg in a round hole in such situations. Jokes apart, I insisted him to visit us the following day and the call ended on an assuring note from his side. Meanwhile, we had the whole day ahead of us and thoughts of water running dry. I will expl

Being an Optimist

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    Every one of us has friends, right? Of course, we do. There’s this friend of mine who’s doing something worth eulogizing. Her name is Richa. What is the first thing that we do when we see a stray dog approaching our way? Do we feed him? Certainly Not. Do we hug him and shelter him from scorching heat/chilling cold? We don’t do that, right? We would shoo him away by tossing a stone in his vicinity or by pelting him with stones. But that’s not how she lives by. She is modest and humble in every aspect. She is an animal lover and is currently looking after the dogs of her locality by providing them food, clothes, and shelter. One day I was conversing with her and upon being asked what was her ultimate goal in life, she replied, “I want to open an NGO for animals, where they could be fed and taken care of but due to lack of funds I want to secure myself a job first. My only and only dream is to help animals.” I was so pleased to hear that and wished her luck on her journey. She told m