Walk A Mile In My Shoes

UPDATE:

After a few hours of publishing this post, I received SMS from Windy:

I am grieving. I have learned that the old man passed away in hospital

Windy requested me to add this song as a dedication to his deceased friend.

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Windy never fails to amaze me. During one of our online chats, he excused himself because he had to leave for the hospital. He said he did not have time to explain and that he would explain later.

I was anxious to know because I thought that he was ill. At our next chat this is what I learned.

Windy: Walk a mile in my shoes

just walk a mile in my shoes

Before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes

Lainy: ???

Windy: lainy those words are from the song of the same title. remember?

Lainy: yes, I have heard that song before.

Windy: reason why i was at the hospital it is about this 60 year old man who I befriended for over a year now

Windy: he sits daily at the coffee shop where i frequent to have my drinks and meals

Windy: he sits there because he has no where else to go and he is sick very sick

Lainy: This is sad Windy

Windy: yes wait i have a photo of him wait let me send it to you

Lainy: Nice I’ll wait

Windy: here it is

Lainy: The net is too slow. File wont download. Windy please resend on photo share

Windy: oh ok

(This is the photo I received)

Windy: see? that’s when i took a photo of ahmad bin abdul jalil

Lainy: Windy when was this taken?

Windy: it was taken on his 60th birthday in jan. i bought him a small birthday cake, sang him the birthday song he even blew out the single candle flame hahaha

Lainy: Windy, he certainly looks weak and thin

Windy: Lainy what is even sadder is that he has no wife or children. both his parents and the rest of his family have passed away

As our chat continued, I learned that Windy keeps conversation company for a couple of hours whenever he meets the old man at the Coffee Shop

Windy went on to explain that the old man suffers from chronic kidney infection and has had corrective surgery with two tubes inserted into his body.

On the day that Windy visited him he was shocked that old man was transferred to the Tuberculosis Ward.

Windy: he barely recognized me because he was more frail and absolutely feeble

Windy: he struggled to sit up on his bed he could not eat the cream crackers served by the hospital

Windy: with trembling hands he caught hold of the cup of chocolate beverage that i held to his lips

Windy: he drank the entire cup with small takes at a time. soon after that i helped him to lie down and stroked his chest till he fell asleep

Lainy: Windy this is so touching its moving me to tears here

Windy: the old man would not like that and tell you “dont cry for me argentinaaaaa”

Lainy: you’re too funny

Windy: well on the way home i mused. this humble old man has literally no motivation to wish to continue living but there he is fighting for his life

Windy: and lainy i asked myself could i walk a mile in his shoes? that song came to my mind while i mused about him

Lainy: Knowing you Windy, you could walk on water

Windy: oh yeah with a surf board hahahahahaha

Lainy: LOL

You know something? Windy’s musing on his way home hit me hard. How many of us ever count our blessings?