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The Rich And Hope


As the saying goes "Richness is measured in sharing the wealth, not having it".  

Meenamma, a humble lady aged 85, made us realize the truth behind the saying.     

When the heart and soul of abhaya Foundation, Mr. Balachandra, tests positive for Covid-19 on an unfortunate day.Panicked Meenamma rushes to the manager, gives her Mangalsutra, requests it to be sold for treatment and prays selflessly for his recovery.  Not many days back, she had also donated her Gold bangles for a good cause.

A few days later, to our dismay, she falls sick and tests positive for the Coronavirus. The humble lady she is, offers to sell her earrings and gleans some money for the treatment.

The founder , after a few days of hospital care, recovered and headed back to abhaya Home. The news about Meenamma leaves him awestruck. Listening to everyone sing praises about her selfless being, the founder lands somewhere deep inside the melancholy of melody. 

Her 85 years of selfless being, graced by God, opens the door of recovery for Meenamma. Her results test negative after 30 days of struggle.

Now that the unfortunate days are behind us, everyone at abhaya home joins for the usual prayer session. 

During the session, abhaya team led by the founder himself, makes her husband tie the mangalsutra back onto her neck and also returns her earrings. 

Meenamma is moved by the gesture of abhaya team. Her face brightens with pride. She enjoys the moment to its fullest, but sincerely returns the ornaments in the next. She is not oblivious of the material worth of the ornaments, but she is more aware of how immaterial it is when compared to her selfless nature. 

To prove a point, one need not only provide facts, but mere actions sometimes prove the same. Meenamma’s series of actions prove that richness has two meanings, one relates to accumulating and the other, being the true form, relates to sharing. 

“abhaya Home of Happiness” in Hyderabad protects people like Meenamma and gives them with the purpose and hope when the world tries to snatch that away from them. 

The question we leave with this story about Mennamma, is straight and simple, how do you define richness? The best answer would be to become rich by giving more, and not earning more.

If the rich lady above can donate selflessly, we perhaps being even richer can give our 2 cents. With abhaya foundation, the resources that are to be shared with the needy are directed efficiently to reach them. 

This would be an incentive in joining us for helping the one in need.  

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Thanks for reading. 

Cling onto hope, it slides smoothly to the destiny. 


Sandesh K & Adithya MA 

Volunteers

abhaya Foundation  

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  1. Pavan kumar karnatakamOctober 5, 2020 at 5:21 AM

    My pranams to Meenamma. Praying God to bless her, her husband and the entire Abhaya home inmates, the whole abhaya team a healthy long life.

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