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LIFE CHANGER !
#WritcoStoryPrompt3
I read it once, then twice. I wasn't imagining it - I had won the lottery!
I was startled ,numb and I daren't move as I didn't want to burst the dream bubble because I was afraid that I might wake up any moment and reality will strike me hard.
Finally after pinching myself for about fifteen minutes I swallowed the overwhelming reality."ONE CRORE" it said . A crorepati I was soon to become .
To a boy who spent his childhood and early adulthood in the slums of Dharavi working in dingy cells of a factory, becoming a crorepati overnight is something indigestible. And among all the other things that he could have planned to set his eye on, he simply wishes to built a house in the country side where the sunlight won't be disturbed on it's way to his bedroom window .He wants to escape the dirt and smell that engulfs his current residence .He wants to run away from the rush of the city and find peace and tranquillity. He finally dares to dream of the long yearned solitude that was snatched away immediately after his birth .
I was so excited that I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry , remain silent or scream till my vocal cords give up . But more than anything I wanted to share . For the first time in my life did I realise the need to have a company ,a partner indeed .I was too loaded and felt like a bomb that might explode any moment out of excitement and thrill . However , it didn't take long for me to encounter the sad and lonely life that I hadbeen dealing with since ages . To be precise ,in the long monotonous lifeot mine, I never really felt the need to bond or the need to belong which indeed turn out as a blessing to my introverted soul.
And there I was , a mid-aged man with disturbed vision , forsaken life and trembling hands holding the lottery coupon .It might either be the moment or the time that made me more eager to socialise, more desperate to finally let my self out and reach out to people in need , people in want and people alike . Taking some deep breaths I finally gathered the courage to rise and claim the money as I was finally assured of my intentions and that the money won't go in vain.
At that very moment I encountered the unpredictability of life. Growing up with just one goal in and that is to die peacefully someday, never did I imagine my life to change this way , although at some point I did wish for the same.
And today after four years of that event , I'm literally at cloud nine to announce the opening of an orphanage in the city. Also did I mention that I'm currently working for a recognised NGO?
p.s- few months back I found my dream house in the countryside and was overwhelmed to know that the owner had put it out for sale , guess who is the proud owner now!!!!
© barsha
I read it once, then twice. I wasn't imagining it - I had won the lottery!
I was startled ,numb and I daren't move as I didn't want to burst the dream bubble because I was afraid that I might wake up any moment and reality will strike me hard.
Finally after pinching myself for about fifteen minutes I swallowed the overwhelming reality."ONE CRORE" it said . A crorepati I was soon to become .
To a boy who spent his childhood and early adulthood in the slums of Dharavi working in dingy cells of a factory, becoming a crorepati overnight is something indigestible. And among all the other things that he could have planned to set his eye on, he simply wishes to built a house in the country side where the sunlight won't be disturbed on it's way to his bedroom window .He wants to escape the dirt and smell that engulfs his current residence .He wants to run away from the rush of the city and find peace and tranquillity. He finally dares to dream of the long yearned solitude that was snatched away immediately after his birth .
I was so excited that I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry , remain silent or scream till my vocal cords give up . But more than anything I wanted to share . For the first time in my life did I realise the need to have a company ,a partner indeed .I was too loaded and felt like a bomb that might explode any moment out of excitement and thrill . However , it didn't take long for me to encounter the sad and lonely life that I hadbeen dealing with since ages . To be precise ,in the long monotonous lifeot mine, I never really felt the need to bond or the need to belong which indeed turn out as a blessing to my introverted soul.
And there I was , a mid-aged man with disturbed vision , forsaken life and trembling hands holding the lottery coupon .It might either be the moment or the time that made me more eager to socialise, more desperate to finally let my self out and reach out to people in need , people in want and people alike . Taking some deep breaths I finally gathered the courage to rise and claim the money as I was finally assured of my intentions and that the money won't go in vain.
At that very moment I encountered the unpredictability of life. Growing up with just one goal in and that is to die peacefully someday, never did I imagine my life to change this way , although at some point I did wish for the same.
And today after four years of that event , I'm literally at cloud nine to announce the opening of an orphanage in the city. Also did I mention that I'm currently working for a recognised NGO?
p.s- few months back I found my dream house in the countryside and was overwhelmed to know that the owner had put it out for sale , guess who is the proud owner now!!!!
© barsha
