Sympathy, from Heart or Brain ?

All of us, or let me say, most of us sympathize. We give a coin or two to a deformed kid, sitting in the sun and rain, hoping to put something into his stomach. We help a blind man, cross the road. We spare some tears, for a old man, shivering in the cold and has nothing for himself, but his life. We pray for the under-privileged, poor, war-affected, diseased people. But the question is, Is all that from our Heart, or Is something from our Brain ? To put it plain, Do we have a passion to help others or do we try to wash off our sins doing so ?

In a recent study by psychologists, It has been found that, Men donate more generously, when they are with a beautiful women. To be frank with myself and with you, let me confess that, I'm no different. I am bit more generous or at least look like one, when i am with some one, be it a man or a woman. When you ask to yourselves, how you are? Maybe, you get a similar answer. Is this nature a call from Heart or Brain. Its definitely, Brain. But, the worst thing is that you never sympathized. You pretended to do so. Most of us, at least in some point of time are a victim to this nature. We pretend because, we want be seen as one good soul.

It is now obvious that, you can never sympathize from your brain. But you can pretend to do so. This is just a way to wash away your sins or hope for some benefits. You feed a hundred orphans, hoping God will bless your son, for your noble act. Total Non-sense!

Then what is sympathy from Heart? You walk in a dark lane at late hours. You see an old lady, sitting near a garbage can. She did not raise her hand or voice to ask something. But you know she does want something. You walk straight to her. Your hand removes your wallet from your pocket and empties the coins into your hand, without counting. You take her arms in yours, press her coins into it with warmth and then, you just go off. But you see a flash in your eyes, a strange happiness fills your heart, and there is true satisfaction in your brain. I bet, you had never felt such a happiness, ever in your life. You know your heart sympathized.

Be it just a rupee, a small smile, a torn cloth, a comforting word or anything small or big, let it be from your Heart. Nature is a strange creator. It lets your brain live for a couple of minutes, even after your Heart fails. You know why? It is just to let your brain realize, how much of your Heart has been given away. Let your Brain smile when you die. Let your Heart smile while you Live !