I was travelling to baroda for my Yuva (ngo i work for )work in bus.You guys know how buses are ,may be an express or a local it makes no differance than the price lollz..Too much rush that hardly one can stand ..forget about getting a seat vacant for self inspite of taking a ticket...later one girl gave me lil space to sit beside her ..A big sigh of releif !
I hardly sat for 10 mins or so,i saw one old lady entered and hardly could manage to stand..holding a big carriage for her son i guess..could bearly hold it and on top of it our smooth roads huff..I had a ring of angel and wings on my back at sudden,saying me to get up and offer her my seat..Without a second thought i did same .I gave her my seat . little school girl in front of me giggled n asked .."why you gave the seat when you got seat after long?"
I said ,"she s old and I am young so I have enough strenth to stand,I also have energy drink(Bournivita) daily.. but she cant."
So little girl..smiled n said.." I am younger than u then...so i have more strength."
I said," yes".
With no second thought she stood up n gave her seat to two elder people standing in front of her.Now seeing the kid giving her seat ,2 more college guys stood up and gave a seat to one lady!
We are crafted good ,but sometimes we need that little push from within to think beyond ourselves..Girl already had good heart ,she just didnt knew the path to pour in happiness for others.I showed the way for her ,so did she for those college guys ! :) The entire stress of the day vapoured in air and all that remained and lasted long was a smile on my face and the spark in that little kids eyes !!
Many of us have ideas but hats off to you for not losing the courage and patience.
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of two things:
1) "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
2) A senior college-mate She had this habit of throwing away every waste into the dustbin. Even if you drop something, she'll go pick it up and throw it in d proper place. It was something like a gandhigiri.
You atleast put the effort! And the result was in front of you.. :) Keep the Charm!!