The Eulogy Of My Grandfather

It was early morning when I felt my grandpa’s firm hands on my shoulder as he shook me awake saying, “Sai, wake up.” I sprung up from bed, and went through my morning routine feeling excited, as I was eager to accompany my grandfather for the first time in his weekly ritual of donating blankets to the homeless in our village. I was always curious to find out why this was so important to him. As i started walking through the dark hollow streets, I couldn’t help but feel empathy for the poor as although it was my first time out that early I felt my blood filling with ice and my legs starting to shiver. It felt to me as if the whole view suddenly lit up with multiple fires looming in the distance, as if the dark sky casted all its moonlight into
He was the sort of person who would never ever express any sort of anger towards any stranger, let alone a family member. He was very social and never kept to himself, he loved my grandmother a lot and loved to spend time as much time with her as he could, every time my cousins or i did anything to annoy her, he would always tell us nicely to stop but never became cranky. His heart was like butter, even when cut it just melts but never becomes rotten. The most scary moment of my life, while at the same time very admirable occurred during my stay in India; my grandpa and i were walking in our neighborhood park when suddenly a man dressed in all black with a cap covered over his face stopped us and in a very stern tone asked my grandpa to give him his wallet, to which my grandpa responded by doing what he was asked while at the same time talking to him by telling him “ Son, you do not need to take these unnecesary measures, I can see that you are a bright young man, you can have all the money I have with me, but I am sad for you that you are wasting a perfect life”. Then putting his hand on the stranger’s shoulder said “You can use it to better the world”. In a very unorthodox fashion the hooded figure snatched the wallet and stared at it for a couple of seconds and soon after said
One habit that I had developed was to call my grandpa on a daily basis and talk to him and in return he would always spread new knowledge and priceless wisdom about everything onto me. Since my stay in America, I have always made sure to give to my community and remain caregiving and completely egoless as much as possible. In tenth grade, I joined the Rebuilding Together organization, which renovates homes for the elderly and low-income families, through which I spent a whole day in San Francisco, and rebuilt a big retirement home for disabled elders with my friends. The highlight to me, was witnessing the reactions of the many elderly who came and expressed their gratitude to me and my friends. I spoke to my grandpa that day, like I did everyday and told him about what I did and how satisfying it was to make a huge difference in a person’s life, and he replied,“ You are just starting to grow into a young man, Keep doing good and you will find happiness in everything you