TRUE VALUE

Today when I woke up the sun has already risen; it was 9:00 am in the morning. I finished my daily chores and then checked my email for any updates. For some time I tried to shirk my appetite as I don’t want to step out in that sweltering atmosphere, but in no time I realized that I can’t took it anymore and I decided to have some breakfast at 10:30 am.

Well I wasn’t aware of the fact that I am going to learn a new lesson when I will be finish with the breakfast thing.

So I took a quick bath, get dressed and took my wallet. Suddenly a thought came into my mind and I checked my wallet to see the amount in it. And ooops!! I have a single 500 rupees note; I forgot to get it changed with 100 rupees yesterday. “It’s ok, no problem I will get it changed now” that’s what I said to myself. So I went straight to a shop nearby whose shopkeeper knows me well enough and would help me with this change problem, but no luck the shop was closed. Then I went to the place where I took my daily meals and the restaurant was opened also. I went inside the waiter recognized me; I asked him the same question regarding the change of 500 rupees and he replied “sahab abhi saith ji nahi aye hai wo to 11:30 tak ate hai tabhi khulle ho payenge. Aap kaho to samne chai ki dukan pr puch lu?” Although I knew that I am not going to get the change at a tea shop still I moved my head in affirmation. And as I thought he came back and said “inke pass bhi khulle nahi hai sahab”. I thanked him for his efforts and told him that I will get them changed from some other place. So I thought for a moment and started to move in the direction of auto stand. I reached and asked the same to one of the auto rickshaw driver and he replied “bhaiya ajkal to mehengai itni chal rahi hai ki 500 rupye dekhe zamana ho gaya khulle kaha se denge.” That’s sound plausible, so next checkpoint a nearby Xerox shop usually they have changes as per my previous experiences. So I hasten to that shop asked the same and the reply was “nai hai baiya, abhi ek ko khulle paise diye.” “Still one option” I said to myself and went to a general store and asked for some snacks and chocolates which actually I didn’t require but had to so that I could have my breakfast. I ordered enough stuff so that the sum turned out to be 50 rupees. I gave “The 500 Rupees Note” to the shopkeeper and he said “bhaiya khulle dijiye” I replied “nai hai baiya” then he said “are bhaiya ab 50 rupye k liye 500 k khulle thodi ho payenge aap khulle krwa k le aiye” I didn’t said anything to him and walked out of the shop. Now the only option left was to walk one and a half km in scorching hot weather to withdraw money from an ATM machine. Although day before yesterday there was a problem in that machine as it was giving only 500 rupees note but still I went up there and I was lucky enough to finally get “The 100 rupees Note”. I looked for the time it was 11:00 a.m., it took me half hour to become able to have my breakfast. Then I went to a famous breakfast shop nearby had my breakfast. After that I asked him how much I have to pay for the breakfast he added the amounts and told me to pay 25rupees I gave him the 100 rupees note and he said the same statement asking the change of 100 rupees, but this time I had the upper hand so he had to gave me the remaining of the money, i.e. the change.

What I learnt is “The TRUE VALUE”, the true value in case of the money is not the figure printed on the currency note but actually it is the happiness and satisfaction it can give to you. And second thing is you realize the true value of something when you lack them. Like in my case I realized the value of a 100 rupees note at the time when I lacked it and that value is indeed higher as compared to that of 500 rupees note at the point of time. Well thanks to Science and Technology we have ATM machine which gave me the replacement of 100 rupees note that I was lacking. But there is one thing of which even the technology can’t give you the replacement and that thing is OUR RELATIONSHIPS. Our parents, family members, friends… and the list goes on, these relations are truly invaluable so never let them move out of your pocket because you will never get their replacement.

To all my school and college friends whom friendship is my TRUE VALUE