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The Ripple Effect

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A busy street bustling with traffic A sea of commuters on a narrow sidewalk  Children, office goers, travelers, vendors, the young and the old  all scurrying to beat the clock Suddenly a cry of pain  I try to see what it is, look above me I see a tree arm spread over my head And my eyes spot a tiny little bird in a big mess it's foot tangled in thin aerial roots of the big banyan tree My feet refuse to move past the tree  I look around, determined to help the poor thing I don't know how, I only know I have to The sea of commuters still marching past me  Some see the bird, yet carry on with a sigh Wandering in dismay I spot a broom  hiding behind a palm grove grabbing it I run up to the tree But alas it's too short! Standing on the tip of my toes I try to reach the bird with all my might I know the broom stick is too short  But I don't want to stop The sea of commuters suddenly seems to be interested A man and a woman comes along and joins the mission...
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04/08/2015 Life is an amazing thing. People give different definitions to it, give it metaphors and compare it to many things; but for me Life is simply amazing. We start life with a cry trying to fill in our lungs with the first breath of oxygen. The life so started goes on until we let out our last breaths.  For some life is short for others it’s long, the end of life is as uncertain as it’s start. Some end it deliberately, for others it comes untimely, some live to embrace the end at the right time.  So from our first cry to the last breath, we go on experiencing what life has in store for us. The first lessons of life are taught to us by our parents, then we learn things naturally playing with our siblings and listening to narrations and stories of adults and interacting with the environment around us. Next big life teacher is school. There is so much we learn in school. The friends we make in school sometimes remain with us for the rest of our life. They share...
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