Hiranmayi

She works as a maid for her living and not just in one house but couple of them too. That clearly explains the need for the money. Yet recently, when she happened to narrate an incident in her life, it had powerful insights which were not necessarily known to her. Surprisingly, we come across many who can be so eloquent and well versed to explain something but when it comes to living fail miserably to live the same. Some years back, when she had taken up a new house to work as a maid, she noticed some change(money) on the floor and promptly picked it up and gave it to the lady in the house. She thought by mistake it must have fallen down and they may not have noticed it. But to her surprise, when she noticed the same thing happening for the next couple of days, she realized that it is not by mistake the money has fallen down but the owners are just checking if she is trustworthy. So without getting offended, she picked up the change and while giving it back to them, politely said,...

"Humble"- even pronouncing the word gives a soft touch feel. Though there may be many many situations to refer and reconnect to this humbleness, one such incident leaves me speechless and comes instantly to my memory whenever i happen to think. So just sharing that moment of insight here. We were on a spiritual camp and as volunteers, some of us were assigned to serve the Master in various ways. Myself along with another volunteer were asked to take care of the kitchen services. The lunch kit used to serve the master was taken by me but was kept in another volunteer's room who was taking care of serving the master. After the camp, i forgot to collect the kit and on our way back, the moment i noticed had informed the camp site where some of them were still there. Next morning, i get a call from my kitchen partner(volunteer) saying, "let me apologise for not reminding you to take the master's kit". For a moment i became speechless, firstly for that humbleness...