The most looked forward time of the day for me is the afternoons between 1 - 2pm. For most of us who are working, we look forward for this time of the day because we get a break from the non stop work since the day began.
But for me personally its because I get to spend some time with the poor and needy who stand outside the SPCT office in Rajarajeshwari Nagar,Bangalore looking for a sumptuous lunch. Somedays I just stand and watch the priceless expression on their faces. Expression of satisfaction when they put that first morsel in their mouth, expression of pangs of hunger they feel while standing in the line waiting for their turn, expression of curiosity to see whats there for lunch today, expression of happiness when they get a sweet with lunch, expression of motherhood when she feeds her little one. You can just stand there and enjoy these moments.
Then there are some days when I go speak to them when they come and share their experiences on how their life has changed because of the unlimited food they take back home in the afternoon. Some say, thanks to the annadana, they dont find the need to buy groceries as they take back food for the full family for dinner too. This helps them save a lot of money and that amount they save goes for her daughters education. Some say that since the food is nutritious and blessed by a Divine being Shri Shri Nimishananda (the driving force behind SPCT) it has helped and cured them of a lot of diseases. There are innumerable such experiences they shared, but at the moment I just recollect these two.
Some days I just feel like serving these people who come there longing for healthy food. Serving them is a different experience in itself. There are moments while serving when my head says - "You have given him three servings of rice. Enough. There needs to enough for the others too." But then when I look up and see their faces and my heart melts and I want to serve them till the brim of the vessel they have brought. Who I am to say how much they should get, I dont know how many mouths he/she has to feed, so how can I decide?
At the end of that one hour as everyone starts moving back home, I go back inside with mixed feelings. One side I feel sad about the difficulties they have to go through for basic neccesity of food, but on the other hand, glad and blessed to be part of such a great cause who can help such needy!
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