# Made of great: Story of gardener

In this busy life where even to breathe properly we have to take route of yoga and other breathing techniques, it becomes more interesting to realize that life is more about visualizing the magic which almighty has left for us in our surroundings. The story which we will be reading today is all about simple and not so unique character which I have came  across in recent times , I don’t know his name but I address him as ‘Kaka, Gardener’ who works round the clock in my building taking care and nurturing the plants and trees from their seedlings. Talking about kaka (gardener), he is responsible for taking care of the gardens in the apartment and he is only person in his team, in short one man army who has to take care of in total 5 big and small gardens, his role and responsibilities are to maintain them and handle the small green babies with due care which without any doubt he does best.

My first interaction happened with him when I wanted specific tree leaves for particular puja which was to be offered at my home so while searching those leaves in the green mart nearby my building I sought his help for the same and the smile he replied with was more than the help which I believe was half work done for me and also I was given the tree leaves which I asked him. Then after we meet every morning when I am on my morning walks and he as expected busy with his task on hand of handling the green samplings, and we shared hand waving relation where just raising hands acknowledges our bonding on daily basis.

During our life we meet many people but out of them only few are the ones who leave a lasting impression on us and kaka was one of them who has left a impressive mark in my life, there are many things about him which I will like to showcase through below points

                           i.          His passion for work: Every day let be it any time in clock, kaka always remains busy with the work he has been involved in. I have always seen him working and focusing on his work which also highlights the word ‘passion’ which he carries with him and fulfils every aspect of it. Youth sailing in twenties and who have just started to get stable with their career, kaka is the right idol to follow as he teaches you a lifelong lesson of being passionate about whatever you do.

                         ii.          Sole dedication: If someone can define dedication then, kaka is the person who can do it in his own simple but unique style. Concentrate on what you do and leave rest for nature to complete, is simple mantra which he follows. Being involved in the nurturing of the plants, he just takes care of the them, waters them regularly and does not leaves everything on nature to assemble and do it for him as ‘The time we are dependent on the god, that’s the very moment when he is dependent on us’, is what I can learn from him and also I try my level best to imbibe it in my day to day work.

                        iii.          Concept of ‘Work is worship’: Yes, this is the very important and valuable thing which I have learned from him over the short time of my first interaction with him and have realized that he believes in his work. These days we see lot of times that people don’t have conviction in them and thus they don’t achieve what otherwise they can very easily. When we work out our heart and soul only thing which needs to be held is conviction and patience, kaka have sown many seeds in the soil and have seen them growing into fruit bearing trees which many of us today lack, believing in our own self is real key for success.

           Knowing person like kaka, has changed my life to extent as he has filled lot of enthusiasm in my soul which will help me to overcome any upcoming hurdles in my journey. Just to share another rare incident with him, once I offered him some money thinking he might be in need of that and he simply denied and from that day I realized ‘Materialistic wealth’ is only meant for some people as for others it’s just a paper.