There is a lake near my house. Or that’s what they say it is or at least going to be in the near future. But for now it is more or less a swamp, albeit a beautiful one.
At least it looks beautiful from afar with a velvety green sheen to it. All through the year it is filled with knee-high grass, different kinds of weeds, plants, and birds and undoubtedly infested with snakes and other unknowns.
I don't see many people wanting to discover this piece of land up close. Not many venture into its frightening depth. Sometimes when the cows get stuck in the shallow parts of the lake then people usually venture in to rescue and free the animal.
Otherwise it is largely left alone. Because everybody kind of fears the unknown in this swamp land.
But I have seen this man (in pic) every now and then go deep into the middle.
He basically wades his way in to collect grass for his cow (I presume) or some stray wood or other scrap....He comes from one of the poor families dotting the boundaries of this lake-swamp..
And whenever I see him knee deep in the middle of the unknown, I slightly shudder. Anything can slither up his leg any moment; or take a bite off him; or he can put his feet right into a slushy trap...the possibilities of getting hurt and risk to life are numerous. Yet he plods deeper in.
I wonder why? Well, I think I know why. It is related to providing for his family.
In some corridors of our society he might be considered a failure for not procuring a better job or providing a good lifestyle for his family.
He might not be allowed entry into some parts of our society because he would be considered a nobody or lowly.
But I think he is a brave man. An extremely brave man to do whatever he is doing to provide for his family. Just like a CEO of a company. Their job responsibilities are the same. Their desire to fulfill their responsibilities towards the family is the same. Only the modus-operandi is different.
At the end of the day –WE ARE ALL THE SAME.Basically, we all want the same things in life. Only the degree of wanting and how we go about getting it varies. So how does that make one person big and the other small??
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