amidst a busy Sunday afternoon , the phone call reminded me of the commitment to volunteer at the "SEWA CAFE". i don't know whether it was a whole hearted decision , a politically correct move or a wanna be cool type idea to get registered...anyways its 6.30 pm. and i with Rujuta reached there.....
what a warm welcome with a tika, small and sweet introduction and start to work right away . as it was first day its a custom to wash dishes....but then WASH DISHES for the whole evening. lets try .....part of the sink was already occupied by a great friend Anirudh, teacher by profession, passionate bout serving here . its more than a year He's serving here .....besides that all the people (most of which i cant even remember the names) are just happily doing their jobs....at times forcing me to wonder, if it works like this ...everyday?
gradually the no of persons on the eating tables increased, so are the plates to wash for us. we changed our turns to wash , wipe it dry job hoping it ll work. .....ya it worked, the time just flew by and we were hungry at the end of it.
i can say i enjoyed the food more than ever may be because of the sparkling plate is washed by me!!!
at the end of the day, time to say good bye, with a really satisfied heart n full stomach.the first day's experience of sitting on the other side of serving counter was obviously more enjoyable,
but time spent on this side serving people without any apparent motive, just for a change was most satisfying.
out of the many things that came to my mind during the time, the most lingering thought that remained is...
"when u do things with love it shows."
find out more @ :
http://sevacafe.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
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