Human

It was a sunny day. It was such a bright day for everyone in that colony except for Lekha. Her eyes were glimmering with fear, confidence, anger, and woes. She was just 16 years old and was too tender to face all the adult situations which had the power to turn her fate both good as well as a bad one. Lekha was an orphan. She had lived her last 16 years of childhood thinking that every single woman and man who lived in her world were her own parents. She never thought herself as an individual facing her life alone. But as she grew to be a young woman she started to realize that their affection was for her poor identity which wouldn't stand to even burn her body when she is no more.

"Don't worry child, if that God has given you life then you are born to change something and you are meant for someone. Maybe you should try to build your own castle with that little amount of dust which you have with you right now. This is your life and is your castle. Even if you were my child I would never bother to help you unless you succeed in building your own pathway" said Dorathy who was Lekha's boss.

Lekha was worried whether she would live as a maid and die so." What can I do?" was one little question that kept on coming inside her mind.

As Lekha was going to Dorathy's house, she saw a very interesting scenario.

She saw a young girl begging for her piece of bread to wipe away her hunger. After many hours, a young man pitied that girl and gave her some money to get her food. This girl immediately went and gave this money to another needy woman who was quite worried about her infant.

Lekha went over and asked that girl about her actions and that girl politely replied saying" I can stay without food for even the next two days but what about that woman and her child. Doing that little offering isn't help but it is my duty as a human. My stomach got filled seeing the smile on that child's face."

This woke up the human inside Lekha and kept her mind and soul awake the whole day thinking about the young girl's ideology.

The next day she went over to an old orphanage. The hosts welcomed her like their own sister. They had very little to eat but felt happy in parting that with Lekha. Her trip to the orphanage and that little girl's ideology made her come to a solution.

She was not like the other orphans. She had seen much of the world even at a very young age. She is earning her three-time meals and can accommodate herself in a small cottage. Maybe now it was time for her to do the same for the needy.

The next day Lekha went to Dorathy's house as a new person.

"You seem to be brighter than before. What happened? It seems that you have found to do something better in your life. Anyway, what is it?

With a face filled with happiness, She replied, as a "real human".