Life has it's own weird ways...just when you least expect it, life treats you like dirt and when you expect it the most, voila! You are royalty. The best and worst experiences come at the most unexpected times. Some you forget with time, some you cherish for the rest of your life and some of them occupy that little corner of your mind and heart that you can't erase but can only lock up. Everyday you meet people, some stay on, some leave. Some give you tears, some manage to bring that beautiful smile on your face and most just walk by, invisible to you.
Every day you wake up thinking that today is just another day of your life but most days turn out to be roller coaster rides, some good ones, some that leave you with a bad feeling in your stomach. All are not as big as some are, but all of them leave their effect on your life.
Whether it be the kindness of a thela-wala who gave you a free neembu-paani for relief from the sweltering heat, the auto-wala who purposely took you by the longer route to earn more, the hunched back old woman who looked at you with helpless eyes full of longing, or the shopkeeper who haggled with you for twenty minutes just for a nominal amount of 5 Rs., each one of these people, though not a part of your conscious life and memories teach you the basic lessons of life which nobody else can. The kindness of the thela-wala restores your lost faith in humanity, he auto-wala teaches you to be careful before trusting anyone, the old woman makes you realise how lucky you are to have food on your plate and good health and the shopkeeper teaches you how difficult it is to earn your livelihood. These lessons are more precious and important for life compared to anything taught in any classroom.
Most of us don't even realise these small everyday things and ignore all these people who are so instrumental in making "us" and shaping our throughts and principles. People ask me why after every ride in a rickshaw I turn around and thank the rickshaw-wala. The answer is simple. No matter whether they were polite or rude, decent or indecent, they taught me something and left an impression on my life.
It is said that we learn from our mistakes, so isn't it only right to thank the people who help us make those mistakes in the first place so that we can get it right the second time around?
4 comments:
It's very true, every single incident in your life has a meaning, no matter how significant or insignificant. That's the beauty of living and learning.
Haggling for Rs.5 isn't exactly a one way street :P
U thank the rickshaw wala for having taken the longer route...teaching u to not trust in plurals...all rickshaw walas...all people...
i see he taught u to be prejudiced...?
Not prejudiced but he he did teach me to be wary and careful. It is just a way to emphasize that even the smallest of people and the smallest and most insignificant of incidences do teach u something in life.
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