Lost in the Clouds

He knew he was lost in the crowd who had gathered out there to listen to some religious guru give his views on life. It had happened so quickly. In hurry to get away quickly from the maddening crowd he had lost the holding of his mother’s hand.

He ran few meters to his left and then to his right and then stopped. He was panicking now. The crowd was swelling and he was lost. He knew what happened to the children who were lost. They never get to meet their parents again and are made to beg on the streets.

He kept on running every few meters in all directions before stopping. He was searching for his mother but he could not find her in the crowd. Why he had let go her hand in the first place.
He was crying now because he knew he was lost and would never see his mother again. He just stood their crying.

Suddenly a hand touched his shoulder. He turned back to look at a woman who was asking him his name. She took his hand and asked him to come with her. She told him she was taking him to the volunteers who will be able to find his mother.

The boy followed her with her hand firmly gripped in his. He didn’t want to let her go at any cost. The woman finally handed the boy to volunteer to who was looking for him. The announcement had already been made on the public system and all the volunteers were told to look out for a young boy who was lost.

When the boy saw his mother he ran quickly and hugged her. The mother and child were both relieved to find each other.

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That was almost 15 years ago. I do get lost even today.

Lost, lost in my own world, in my own thoughts, in the rat race.

I don’t know how my life would have turned out be if not for that strange female who helped me. That day she helped me find my mother.

But today when I get lost I try to find myself in this maddening place where everyone is so caught up with themselves that they sometimes don’t remember who they are , they just know who they want to be like.

Every one of us wants happiness in our lives and we chase it all through our existence on this planet. The key to it is not lost its there somewhere all we have to do is search a bit. Search within us.