8 PIECES OF PIZZA

8 PIECES OF PIZZA

Wife : Maid said she won’t come for two days

Husband :Why ?

Wife : She is going to meet her granddaughter during Ganpati festival

Husband : OK

Wife : And , Shall I give her Rs. 500 for Ganpati ? Festival bonus ?

Husband : Why ? Diwali is approaching , we will give her at that time..

Wife : Oh no dear . She is poor. Going to meet her daughter and granddaughter , so she will also feel nice. Moreover, everything has become so expensive these days. How will she able to celebrate festival ?

Husband : I don’t know why you become emotional so easily

Wife : Don’t worry .I am going to cancel today’s program of ordering Pizza. Why unnecessarily blow away Rs. 500 on eight pieces of bread?.

Husband : Wow. Great .Snatching Pizza from us and giving to the maid !

Maid returned after three days and got busy in mopping and dusting.

Husband : So, how was the vacation ?

Maid : very nice sahib.. Didi had given Rs 500 .. festival bonus. Enjoyed a lot and spent Rs 500 in two days’ time.

Husband : Really ? ( murmurs ‘ you snatched my pizza’) Ok so what did you do with Rs. 500?

Maid : Rs. 150 for dress for granddaughter, Rs 40 for a doll, bought sweets worth Rs 50 for daughter, Rs 50 as offering to Deity in temple, Rs 60 towards bus fare….Rs 25 for bangles for daughter, bought a nice belt worth Rs 50 for son-in-law, balance Rs 75 gave to daughter to buy copy and pencil for granddaughter. Maid gave a full account of the expenses incurred

Husband : so much in Rs 500?

With surprise, he started thinking….the eight pieces of Pizza appeared in front of his eyes and each one of them acted as a hammer started pricking his consciousness.

He started comparing the expense incurred in buying one pizza for himself with the expenses incurred by his maid in the festival she celebrated.

First piece .. dress for the child,

Second piece… towards sweets..

Third piece… towards offering to the deity in the temple.

Fourth piece….towards bus fare.

Fifth piece.. towards doll.

Sixth piece towards bangles,

Seventh piece ,, towards belt for the son-in-law.

Eighth piece towards copy and pencil.

So far he had observed pizza only from one angle….but today his maid showed him the other side of the pizza….that each piece of pizza matters.

~ While life should be lived and experienced to its fullest with fun, food and frolic, sometimes, it makes us think. Not a bad thought though ‘Spending for life’ or ‘Life for spending’?  …. ~