The Harsh Realities..........

The baby picture i have here is actually very remotely related to the turmoil that is going on in my mind......because the picture i would have liked to put up here is the one..... i din't have the heart to click .....a couple of days back , in the hospital i came a across a baby as old as this one in the picture....well thats what we all thought .......only when i saw his prescription his age showed 23yrs. He looked like any other baby on his mother's back ...complete with diapers and his baby attire. He comes from a remote village......found by an NGO group and brought to town for what ever could be done for him. It was a severe case of retardation.....what could be done for him was the question that was on my mind for the rest of the day and till now. But what haunts me the most till today is his face...... he looked liked a little man......trapped in a baby's body......a scard insecure look to be among so many unknown faces.....clucthing to his mother , his only life line .....What could be done for him???? What could I do for him???? Realities of life are harsh and sometimes difficult to face.....So not all babies born in this world are as lucky as this one and when that is doubled with poverty.....things are worse. I did not have the heart to click his picture........but the picture he left on my mind would take a long time or may be it would never be deleted.......worse so because I cannot do any thing about it. This only reminded me to thank God silently for the perfect baby he has given me and all the untold blessings of life.