Trying to make ends meet
With no stress but full of happiness
Somesh was sleeping like a king, when I went to call him for lunch, and look at the ambience - in a hot summer, sleeping on the footpath of the road in front of our apartment society, on a simple cloth - no fan, no ac. Vehicles going on that road were not able to disturb his sleep, even though they hunk loudly because of people getting out of our gate.
I was truly jealous - how is it even possible ? How can someone sleep like this ? With all the comfort at home, we are still not able to get a nice sleep !! At this temperature outside, I can barely even stand for more than 15 minutes. Went pretty closer to decide if I should call him or not and looking at his state, I decided to not wake him up and allow him to sleep for some more time.
I had to buy some stuffs from the market and upon returning, I waked him as it was getting delayed for lunch. He brought this truck for the consignment for a friend leaving the society, and as things were getting packed, he used the time to sleep.
After getting a little familiar with his background I dared to ask him : How can you sleep so easily at such a place ? Sir, Once we pick these consignments, we try to deliver it fast in order to get the next one, and barely get time to sleep. By the time I will reach the destination, I will have few hours to unpack and then pick up another consignment - it's very difficult to meet the financial burden, so I leverage the break time to sleep and then drive rest of the time.
Don't you go and spend some time with your family ? Yes, I do , once in few months, taking a break of 3-4 days, but since I am the lone bread earner, I have the responsibility to take care of not only my family but also my parents. I am giving good education to my kids so that they don't have to do this, hope I can live a better life, once they settle, which is at least another decade.
A smile coming out of his face ,when talking about his accomplishments - not big for many, but means a lot for him. He is living a fulfilled life living to his dreams - a simple life, no stress, no disease, no high expectations......while trying to make ends meet.
So what's our problem ? I was thinking while coming back.
This post is in response to the Creative Nonfiction Prompt #136 of this week.
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I know that if he has his way, he will always visit his family…
A lot of people leave their comfort zones to go work in places where they will never sleep on a normal day
I hope all our hustles are blessed
Seeing such people helps us realize what true happiness is and constraint ourselves.
God bless every man out there working to provide for his family
That looks like a back ache waiting to happen for me! I could maybe do that when I was younger, but not now!
Yes, it's almost impossible now for us.
I have realise that if we do something physical then we get a good sleep and nothing else can stop us. Idea job in it company that is not much big butts there's a lot of work and sometimes my eyes double and my head is about the explode but i and it realize you weeks ago i was working with my father at my home then that night i fell slept very early and i did realize that whenever we do hard work for any kind of physical things then it'll get a very good sleep.
But besides this if we are doing work in computers then we got a lot of mental stress and lot of other diseases to. If you don't have that much expectations in our life and we don't have so many things to do then life is very easy and opinion maybe he thinks that if he will have money then he will be happy the best parties when we don't have money then we are happy at that time not when we have money because money is like never ending race and We can't Stop ourself to get more and more and more.
The race never ends, we will have to take the call when to end it.
indeed sir, but most of us are trapped in the rat race, and that is like never ending.
Hello dear friend @sanjeevm, good morning.
This man's ability to sleep is incredible.
This person is truly admirable for his commitment to his loved ones.
It's sad how things are in much of the world. You have to work hard to fulfill all your obligations.
Thank you so much for sharing this story with us.
Have a beautiful day.
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It is possible someone sleeps like that, particularly after a long day of work. Maybe he drove throughout the night. The work of the driver is not easy. I remembered when I had to follow my brother to a journey. I wasn't even the one that drove oo, I could recollect that I sleep like deep the following day.
I am sure, its not easy for long trips like this.
He looks like he will have body pain
He’s doing a very strenuous job
It’s crazy to see what people go through just to put food on their table
I can feel him, Amazon drivers do the same life, never rest, never eat, never family... They even have to pee in bottles they have in the van... That's work exploit
That sucks.
Reminds me of when I would manage an oil terminal shutdown. If we had 72 hours to get it up and running that is what we had to do and it meant grabbing five minutes of sleep wherever you could. Just make sure nothing trampled you!
How hard it must be, only someone who experienced can feel that.
ZZZZzzzzzzzzz 🛌 yes, he looks so very peaceful, but I think I'll stick to my bed.
Time with family is always good. My fam and I just watched the Thunderbolts.. it was pretty good.
The truth is that people's peace of mind is non-negotiable and that is priceless when you feel good about yourself.
This content is the definition of simple, concise, but loaded.
And then, what a man can do to give his family a good life.
Sometimes, we don't get to see what men do behind the scenes to give their families a good life. How they get so lost in the busy world just for those they love. This content resonates with me, in a way.
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A simple and practical life is undoubtedly the best option for everyone, in addition to being calm and as a saying goes in my country "When life gives you lemons, put on a lemon." The important thing is that every time you deliver a shipment, rest for a while before continuing.
Wow, I wonder why he can sleep on the sidewalk when the sun is hot, there is no fan and no air conditioning, the noise next to him is not an obstacle for him to sleep, this is really amazing.
Life is not easy, but each of us, giving our best effort, can achieve the goals we set. The important thing is that we can rest a little between each delivery to see each member of our family smile.
There are people who are very valuable with what they do and become sacrificed heroes for the good of those they love.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Good day.
People are happy with what they are doing because they can settle their little tasks and take care of their families. It's a good life, you know.
One of the things I have actually come to discover is that no matter what, I will never allow anything to deprived me of my sleep.