Hari Om Sixth graders! Saturday, December 15, 2012
First of all, I have to say thanks a lot for
all the tasty treats you sent with us for the soup kitchen! It all looked
absolutely delicious! and a special shout out to all of the people who took the
time to make there own food. Not that
buying food was bad though. Its the thought that counts!
Anyway, we all
really appreciated the fact that you delivered the food on time to the ashram.
But sadly, only one student actually actually came to
the annadhanam... After all the food was delivered, the
teachers and I went to the kitchen. I had a great time going with them. After we arrived there, my heart splinterd like porcelain
when I saw all of those poor people. Not
just adults or teenagers, either. There were children and even toddlers at the kitchen! Can you imagine that? Just step into their shoes. No home, no food,
maybe even no parents. No presents for
your birthday, no one to celebrate holidays with. Very few go to school, having to rely on
other people to get food. Makes our
lives sound pretty good, huh?
The next time you start to complain about not
getting something you wanted, or not liking the food your loving family is able
to provide, just picture those children at the soup kitchen. Moving on, after we heated up the food
and put it out and rung the 'dinner bell', all of the people came up to get
their food. Another thing I noticed was
that even though the people had a pretty unfortunate lives, they still were so polite! Some of them had better
manners than some of the kids in our class!! Every single one of them said please and thank
you and they didn't waste a
single morsel! A single morsel!!! Overall, I had a great
night and I was truly amazed by all of the people and the way they behaved. From now on, I am going to try to follow their
great example and apply their values in my life!
-BKS
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