Twinkle in their eyes !!!

During my stay in Bangalore, on one of the evenings, I went to meet a friend who taught at a nearby school. As I approached the reception I saw, what I still recall as the most innocent face my eyes had ever seen.

Her face was radiant and she had twinkling eyes. She wore a bright yellow dress with her hair neatly pulled back and tied with a blue ribbon. Everything about her was so alive and beautiful.  I was nowhere close to it. I had not even taken any effort to dress up and walked in my dirty jeans, crumpled shirt, unshaven face and had messy hair.

 As I approached her, she greeted with a beautiful smile, still fresh in my mind. That moment was so enchanting that I forgot the day’s fatigue. My lips in a reflex action curved to create the best smile they could. I was smiling at her. She had made my day and I really wanted her to know that. I wanted to make her feel nice about it, so here I was smiling at her … the best I could.

I went closer to the desk but she didn’t put her head up to look at me. She was looking at the ground. I thought it were my dirty shoes that caught her attention more than my smile. I went closer and greeted her. She looked up … but didn’t see me. I could see her and those twinkling eyes. She left me surprised … dumbstruck … thinking … and helpless. She wouldn’t take notice of my smile. I wasn’t able to convey what she had done for me. I never felt so handicapped earlier.

Until this, I had always thought it was them who were challenged and not me. Until this, I had never realized that … ‘Even the blind have that twinkle in their eyes.’