23 - What impresses you the most?

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What impresses you the most?

Vasudey's answer:

As I reached office yesterday, I realized that I have forgotten my wallet.

After I reached back in the evening, I saw the wallet on bed and took a sigh of relief. I saw the biscuit packet and realized that the Hide n Seek biscuit packet on my bed which I had opened previous night had only 2 biscuits left in it whereas I remembered that it had around 8–10 biscuits left when I left in the morning. Nearby the packet was my wallet which had around 20000 rupees in it as I had to pay some bills. I immediately checked my wallet and all the money was there in it.

Next morning when our maid came to cook, she said, “Bhaiya, I was hungry yesterday, so I ate some biscuits while cleaning the room. Your wallet was in the hall so I also kept it in the room.”

I smiled at her and brought another packet of biscuits from the room and offered her. She was happy and so was I to witness her honesty.

She could had easily misplaced 20000 rupees or the whole wallet and I wouldn’t even know, but she chose trust over money.

I live with my flatmates in a 3 bhk flat. All 3 of us go to work leaving the key with the guard. Sometimes, she comes while we are not at home, does her work and leaves. 3rd of every month if she doesn’t receives her salary, she asks us for the same.

Our maid (didi) is a young lady in mid 20s. She works in around 7 houses a day as she is the only bread earner in her family. Never do we ask her to cook a certain dish. She brings vegetables by herself, grocery by herself and prepares the delicious food. Never do we ask her to clean our rooms. She cleans the rooms, washrooms, balconies, everything by herself.

What really impresses me?

Her way of doing her work with all the heart, her honesty and the hardwork she puts in.

इज़्ज़त से कमाई बासी रोटी खाने का सुकून बेयिमानी से कमाई ५ स्टार होटेल से सौ गुना ज़्यादा है।

Hard and honest earned stale bread is 100 times more soothing than a 5 star meal earned by dishonesty.

In a world where being dishonest to climb up the ladder is an easier option, there are people who are happy moving slowly and steadily with all their hardships and a bag of honesty.

Vocabulary:

sigh of relief

hardships

climb up the ladder