Mad Man

Dont know why I intended to write about a mad man.  But here is a brief context, everyday as i go to my office from my house about half - way i see this man in ragged clothes.  Perhaps he didn't take bath for months.  May be he was like you and me once.  How deeply can we go and analyze his mental state? What prompted him the way he is - his circumstances, this society or perhaps something else.  Does he get a head-ache sitting in the sun.  Doesn't he know that the society has discarded him?  What makes him feel bad?  Why is he looking at each vehicle passing by with such great intensity?  Is he expecting a friend to pick him up?  Wouldn't we respect the same person, if we learnt that he is a genius?  What would happen to his future?  What a pity his family has disowned him.  While these are the thoughts that cross my mind; I see him happily sitting in the hot sun, waving at everyone.  He has an innocent smile.  Is laughing at us for our