Parent an orphan child!

There is nothing more horrifying in this world than being a child growing up without a mom and a dad. The child takes shelter and lives in multiple charity centers, not knowing parental care at all. There is exposure to constant hunger, torn and used clothes, poor personal hygiene and sanitation, and pathetic education. I have also heard of gruesome stories of few filthily evil caretakers having laid hands on some of these children to satisfy their uncontrolled sexual urges. They have to suffer all of this in silence - in addition to the excessive disciplining. Life has its own way of treating the innocent and the good in the most unbearable way.

The child cannot share too much of whatever she goes through with anyone. Trust is an altogether different equation - as her mind reads and memory knows. It is depressing to see a beautiful young mind that is meant to fly freely like a happy butterfly - kept under lowly subjection. There is insecurity covered in smile, restlessness masqueraded by the quiet and abuse that goes unnoticed in extreme obedience. People from outside come once in a while to see them, show them so much love - but they leave in some time to go back to their homes. Some children who want to leave as well, try to make their escape. But the world outside is more cruel than the world within the walls of the orphanage - and they land in deep trouble losing it all.

From all the time I had fortunately spent with the orphaned kids, I know for a fact that life on the other side is not so easy. There have been times children have cried their hell out to take them away. Few, after knowing that you can be trusted, open up and speak about sexual abuse. There are things that I have seen with my own eyes that have triggered new perspectives and shaped ideologies. My heart has ever since started beating to the honest wish that no one in this world should spend his/her childhood as an orphan. Every child deserves a home, a mom and a dad.

Time has come - to stop acting as though we never noticed any of this, to have some passion to do good, and get into real action. This is a humble call to strongly recommend the advocating of child adoption - across societies and cultures. One might find obstacles to this from the highly conservative lot whose minds are mostly corrupt with old love-less ideas of the past and other rants on practicalities. Keep them all out - when you make any decision rooted in love. To do something selfless and nice outside the restrictive rules guarding the circle of life - would make one special, bold and adorable. We need to stop limiting our causes to mere talks and allow love to guide our action.

How long would we love only the things that are our own? What really is the use of giving heavy lectures on love and other wonderful things - if we cannot extend our arms and have the heart to call the mean and the rejected things of the world as our own? Love goes beyond the inner craving that looks for 'what's in it for me?'; it goes beyond blood, race, culture and even national boundaries; it is driven by the ever-burning passion that cannot be quenched at all; it magnifies happiness and brings merriment to a weary soul; it gives without expecting anything in return; love embraces all, opens eyes, lights lives, rescues people from the shackles of bondage and allows them to be free and happy. They rightly say - there are no unwanted children, just unfound families! Please open your home and heart to a child and be blessed!

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