I like travelling alot..but due to my studies or other things was not able to go out with my family in last 10 years..This year I managed to adjust everything and decided to go with my parents...My parents were planning to visit Rameshwar, Kanyakumari, Madurai with other group of people who are very senior citizen.
1st a thought came into my mind what I will do with those oldies? I will get bored with them..but my parents wanted me to come so they convinced me to come with them...
We started our journey on saturday afternoon..bording a train with group of 30 oldies was great experiance..they were getting very anxious about how 75 number of luggage along with the respective owner can be loaded in 5 min halt of train but those old people has real life exp to manage everything in crisis...their suggestions were helpful...we gor into train with all luggage n all people...
Finally actual journey began....first one hour went into confusion n setting down with the place n luggage..thn which seat will be there for whom which birth for whom...after all this things we started introducing ourselves with each other...I was only young member in our group..so was not intaracting much..but those old people were kept on talking to me n finally i started interacting with them all....
When we reached mangalore we crossed the railtrack that time all these oldies wre helping to transport all luggage from one platform to other..thy have huge amount of energy stores in thm...thn we went to hotel got freshen up n left for first destination that is Ashwathapura, there we did Puja of Lord Rama thn had mahaprasad...thn one more place n back to hotel for dinner and then sleep.. So this was we used to do during the day...
When we used to travel by BUS that time those oldies used to get young by heart n used to sing all types of songs, then name of fruits, flowers etc..they have good memory n there ability to recall the things at right time was facinating...before starting with songs n other activity we used to always pray for half an hour and then all fun used to take place...oldies were so good in playing with words that other person will not realise that it was a tont for him..One more good thing about those oldies was they r highly apreciative...if u do a small thing also na they will say so many good things to you...that sometimes used to make me feel great..
Every oldie were having some or other health problem but they were so much enjoying thmselve as thr is no problem with thr health...that is a real learning for me.."whatever the situation keep smile on your face dnt show of u r problems, give smile to all"
We went to kanyakumari temple, vivekanand smarak, madurai temple, rameshwar temple...we face some problems in terms of food but no one ever complaint anything abt it..As a HR i used to here many complaint from employees n i used to acomplain many things but whn i expereinced this thing na I feel very much content for what I have...
This is my first tirthayartra but i enjoyed being with those oldies...Old is Gold always!!!!!!
Swapna
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