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In the smiting chill of a dreadful wintry night When through every fiber n’ nerve, was the cold bite, I was sitting cocooned beside my hearth, Sipping a cup of steaming tea of my choicest blend. Suddenly my attention was caught by something moving, Through my window I saw a shadowy figure. But who would dare to be out on such a night? It was a night when winter slumber suddenly had grown, Into a blizzard with blinding snow and hail flooding When the land lay blanketed under snow’s strangulating clutch When leafless trees stood motionless like spectral shadows When animals stayed in their boroughs or dens in hibernation But what I thought I had seen earlier Was not a whim or a figment of my imagination. I clearly saw someone walking, moving slowly or stealthily. It disturbed me and I wanted to know who he was. Unlikely to be a robber or a rogue with some sinister intent. Could be a man who lost his way and needed urgent help. Impelled by an irresistible urge to find out who he was, I plunged myself into the sea of snow holding on to faith. Faint moon light was shimmering between dancing snowflakes. Not quite sure if I would find an enemy or a friend, I walked on, pledging I would face what might come. As I moved closer to that tottering figure I realized he was someone half frozen in snow, Desperately trying to get back home, And I was on a divine mission to be the hands of God, To direct a waylaid traveler back home, And save a helpless soul from being frozen to death. I don’t know what happened to that man beyond that night, But am sure, he has survived many more winters, And would be thankful to God for the providential help, That saved his drowning life on such a fateful wintry night. Now when I think of it, I feel even a bleak winter day, Can be made bright by the power of kindness that we show. It is the concern and preparedness to help someone in trouble, That ignites our hearts with a divine spark and helps us connect.
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