Dose of Inspiration : 

Giving food; taking care

We get inspired by something or by someone. Usually, we get inspired by somebody who is worse off than us, doing things which we had not even tried doing! Though there are other ways and means of getting inspiration, this is one way of really and surely, getting inspired.

I have added a few doses of inspiration - found from Facebook and other sites here.

1. N.Krishnan (Madurai): 

He gives food to destitutes. This Catering graduate, who was working with the Taj group, gave up his cushy job to feed the really poor and destitute people. He goes out in search of them right in the morning. He starts his day at 4.00 in his kitchen. Food is prepared and he is doing it himself. He goes out and finds the mentally retarded, poor, destitute people who are out there in the streets of Madurai. He feeds them. He does nothing else. He is running a trust called "Akshaya Trust".  He is the CNN top 10 heroes of the year. There is a lot already written about him so I am not eloborating in this post. But, to me, he is my top hero. He is my top inspiration for the day.

Check out the stories here:

http://socyberty.com/psychology/this-cnn-hero-nominee-feeds-and-brings-dignity-to-mentally-ill-destitutes-in-madurai-india/

http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2010/07/and-he-did-it-n-krishnan-a-true-youth-icon/


http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/society/article857017.ece

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/naryanan.krishnan.html

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=115084

http://www.akshayatrust.org/

This is a stunning example of how one can care. Yes - this sounds very extreme. But, I believe that only because such individuals are out there, the life still goes on as normal for everybody else.

What an inspiration he is for everyone!

The tamil poet Bharati sang :

" வயிற்றிற்கு சோறிட வேண்டும், இங்கு
  வாழும் உயிர்களுக்கெல்லாம்.."   (We have to give food to all the living beings here...)

This person is an apt example for that. Let us not turn away beggars. We also beg God for so many things. I am not talking about encouraging people to beg - but not turning them down...let us give food. Let us do that one basic act that people are expected to do : feeding whenever we take food. Let us feed others. Let us feed to the extent we can. This is so very important in the times that we live : especially in the context of raising food prices...