A Significant Experience in My Life

             As we all know, life is full of experiences. Some of the experiences are really significant whereas others remain unaffecting to our life. Once my friends and I decided to take a journey on foot in a hilly country. We thought that would be more exciting and pleasant than a journey by train or plane. I realized the truth of the fact by experience and the pleasure is still green in my memory. In addition to that, the most truthful thing is the lesson I got from there, which has strengthened my character.
             As we were on our journey, we stopped a moment at the foot of the hill for rest when we saw the inexhaustible wealth of nature. The panorama of the country and the contact with its people help to remove false impressions about the land and its people. Seen our own eyes we carry with us a true picture of the land and a correct view of its people. At the moment, I could not find out the mood of nature. How could the people out there be? It was still a mystery for me. We were going uphill, but the feast of the eye did not make us feel the fatigue of the trek. Looking back from the peak we had a bird’s eye view of the valley and the picturesque scene of the Himalayas kissing the sky. At sunset, we reached a small village.
             We stared in the house of an old acquaintance. The landlady was extremely old and she could hardly recognize the people. We were surprised to see her showing a warm welcome to us. She provided us food made of the best food grains she could have in the village home. But to us, it was the coarsest stuff we had ever taken. Even though there was the warmth of the love by the old woman. We couldn’t believe the situation; she led us to a small-congested room for rest where she difficultly unrolled some worn-out poor beddings for us. We found the old woman exactly opposite to the woman in big cities where love and affections hide in front of the business.
             I passed the whole night thinking about the character of hospit...

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