LANGUAGE OF HEART
I am just one month old city-dweller in this wonderful place surrounded by Alps, but I have not really been lost as yet. Most of the people would not speak English, but still they would answer your queries somehow with genuine politeness-which I call language of heart. It’s wonderful gesture. Some times my fickle mind tends to compare these people with my own people back home, and arrive at sad conclusions. He would know the language you speak, he would no the answers you are looking for, but he would never care to help you.
A few days back, I went to supermarket to buy some foodstuff in the evening. As the days are long in summer here (it is not dark till 9:30 pm), I didn’t realise it was already 8:30 PM. When I came out of the shop, though it was not dark, the public transport system was already closed for the day. I tried to walk a bit, recollecting the road I had traced while coming by a bus, but it didn’t seem to be a very good idea as my place was far from the supermarket. I asked an old lady in English if she could tell me how to go back to my flat. Apparently she didn’t understand anything and replied saying something politely in French, which I didn’t understand. After, more than five minutes’ effort I could make her understand that I was looking for a bus to go to Rue Fournet (name of the place where I live) and subsequently she could tell me that it was too late for bus. But, what was impressive was she didn’t leave like that. First she gave me her mobile phone to call somebody I know, which I politely declined as I had not carried anybody’s contact no. As I was wondering what I would do next, she signed me with her hand that she would drive me home and she did. I reached home safely in her car around 10 pm. It was an exceptional display of humanity, which is sadly ever-dwindling in my own country. Besides national and international languages, it would be wonderful to learn another language-the language of heart.
3 comments:
I wouldn't say that people here do not care. I feel that over the years we have become suspicious by nature which is not surprising in the light of the old men and women being duped, innocent girls being misled, raped and then killed, and even young boys taking to guns. :( In today's times its getting increasingly difficult to trust someone you don't know.
Thank you for your genuine feed back. It’s just my fickle mind which sometimes tends to compare things. Otherwise she is aware of a reason or two why our people back home are so defensive when it comes to trusting a stranger. I totally agree-the language of heart, if we listen to and followed blindly-could get us a lot of pain at times. I can conjecture it’s a little bit tricky and intricate as the world has really changed over the years...
I feel awfully sorry to those born with the most sensitive hearts who feel but fail to express the language of their hearts before they bid Adieu to this wonderful world.....again feel sorry to those born with the most insensitive hearts who fail to listen to the innermost voice of others' hearts ...............
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