The Barter System

Have you ever heard of Barter System before? I guess you could have, in some of the stories which we have learnt in our school days.

Are you trying to remember the word?  'scratching your head?

Well!!! Kudos for the ones who have recollected  the meaning of it by now (But believe me, you are going to change your opinion after reading this story). And for the ones who are still having their eyebrows shrunk, I swear I will let you know it's meaning with a brief example.

Because, many don't understand the meaning of something when explained technically. And that includes me too. So, let me explain what 'Barter System' mean for the birds of same feathers (i.e., like me).

So, the story is gonna start right now and I kindly request my fellow birds(like minded people) not to fly high in dreams closing your camera lenses(the eyes).

I'm starting finally. There was this guy named Mr.Harsha Vardhan who had an attitude of getting help from people around him and bothered the least when they needed his help.

For this attitude of him, he was cursed with words that won't even fit into a complete English dictionary. Despite, loading up with those heap of curses in his sack of sins, he didn't realize the art of helping fellow people when needy.

Then came this day of ''realization of truth, as the saying quotes, "Every Dog has it's Day".

It was a pleasant day in the month of July and Mr.Harsha was on his way to work, feeling depressed on his daily routine. Feeling thirsty desperately, he stopped his vehicle aside and was crossing the road to buy a water bottle.

I suppose, it was his absence of mind and the fault in his stars that day, an ambulance came flying towards his tall and broad shouldered body and was about to hit him. But, what happened next is the real turning point.

Not for the story concern, but for the 'life of the pi - Mr.Harsha'. Yes, the moment of truth that he understood on that second made his life beautiful forever.

A physically challenged person, who saw the accident that is to happen a bit sooner, took a brave heart move and dragged Mr.Harsha(Mr.H) towards him and made him survive from being crushed.

Mr.H filled with enigma, had no idea of what was happening at that moment. Finally, he broadened his iris(part of the eyes that expand and contract) and watched the lifesaving engine(The Ambulance) toppling in front of him.

Then came this new and upgraded version of Mr.H, because, he volunteered to help those people who got injured in that ambulance, though being a self-centered person by default.

After helping the needy, he questioned his life saver(the person who dragged him from getting hit). You are not supposed to risk your life for another, then why did you?

Mr.H got stunned with the saviour's smile and reply "You might think that I helped you today but, I believe that I owe you for the help that you might have made for me long before."

Those words had really pierced into the heart of Mr.H and made him think about it for a while starring at a fixed point as everyone does. Realising that he has never ever helped a person in his lifetime, not even unknowingly he didn't utter a word after that.

Then he thought about this incident several times and made up his mind as a famous person Mr.John.F.Kennedy said,

"Don't ask what the country has done for you but, what you can do for your country".

From then on, he started to value people more than anything else on this planet and became a person who helps the needy by starting an organisation named "Help indeed".

So, this is the story behind Mr.H that made him a real man. But, I bet many think that this explanation has deviated from the actual title of this post and some even think how does it explain the term Barter System?, Does make any sense? and so on.

Yes, here comes the answer for those who asked those questions. Mr.H was initially a self-centered person but, then he changed himself to a person who helps, which is the quality that his lifesaver gave him. And in return(in a socialist way), he had started an organisation that helps people those are needy.

I hope that explains what is Barter System in a way it should be explained. If not understood yet, it is the "Give and Take Policy".

For the technical ones, Barter System is the process of giving something to others and getting something in return from them.

Though, it sounds to be a word used for  business to give and get, it needs to be used for life ethics too, in a better concern like Mr.Harsha and his life saver did. Because, money may come and go anytime but good ethics alone triumphs for a lifetime even after we die.

So, try sharing your good qualities with others and vice-versa to have a beautiful life.