Some Things Unsaid
It was early morning. Rays had arrived before sun, as usual. And as usual, I was late for my office. I kissed my mom good-bye and waved her hastily. Oh God, I am once again late; please get me an auto outside my building’s gate itself…. Please, please, please!! This is my usual morning prayer that I recite in mind while going down stairs. My office bus comes at 7.26am to my bus stop. I hurriedly glanced at my watch. It was already 7.22am. Shucks!! God, send me an auto, pleaassseee!! I had to get to the bus stop within 4mins. And I had to get an auto immediately. I found useless to stand there and wait for an auto to come… I started walking fast towards my bus stop.
I should not take it granted that God will always help me!! Why doesn’t He help you when you need him the most??? I know it’s a small thing to miss a bus...But if He wants He could send me an auto now and I can reach there within no time… If I miss my bus today I have to go to Bus depot to catch that crowded BEST bus --The bus which wanders half of Mumbai, showing me how all malls look exactly in early morning – which I have no intention to see. I was lost in my crazy thoughts when this man on a motor bike stopped abruptly some 20feets ahead of me. He turned back to look at me. I was still lost in my thoughts and didn’t care to what he was looking. I saw him and then turned my gaze to the ground (which happens to be my best friend whenever I walk alone). He stared at me for a second or two and then took a u-turn. He stopped his bike beside me which made me to turn my gaze on him rather than my best friend and come out of my thoughts immediately. I saw a man in his thirties looking at me through rectangular gold framed spectacles. He smiled at me and said “You are going to the bus stop, right. Would you mind if I drop you?”And I said ok. Just like that. I mean there are always trillions of thoughts running through my mind all the time. But strangely at that point of time I had no thoughts in my mind. Not a single one. It was like somebody sprayed Baygon in my head which caused all thoughts to die.
I returned his smile back and sat on his bike. I started feeling awkward when we had already crossed half-way. I think he read my mind and started talking to me about how he also catches his bus from that stop and sees me everyday. He comes everyday to my bus stop!! How on earth I never saw him?? Man, I have to stop talking to my best friend and look around to see how many people notice me when I don’t. He also continued chatting about how difficult is to find an auto this early morning. I gave him the liberty to talk and restricted myself to only Umms and yeahs. When he dropped me at the stop I thanked him and he replied welcome in an elongated way as in “wellllccooommeee”. He went ahead to park his bike under the flyover. I looked at him as he was going away and said (of course, in my mind) “God, this was indeed a new way to answer my morning prayer but Thanks anyway!!”
After that I could not stop thinking about how a man who never knew me, helped me and how come I never questioned his intention and trusted him blindly. He was not even compelled to help me but even then he did. Help me, I mean. It’s strange but I find this kind of thing very divine where you just believe someone because someone in your heart tells you to do so. There are no needs of words to make you understand to trust them. There are so many people out there who are invisible to you, but when the need comes they will be there to help you in all possible ways. The above incident is one of the hundred incidents that I have experienced where people I don’t even know came in my life, helped me through difficult times and went away leaving their memories in my heart. I don’t know if you will find this strange but after that day I did not see that man again. I managed (with great difficulty) to tear my gaze from ground and look around for that man who helped me to get my bus that day. But, I could not find him… It was like he had just come that day to help me and then to disappear into thin air. They say there is nothing like miracle in this world. Everything has logic. But, I would like to think that everything in this world is a miracle. And, I have witnessed a miracle!
I should not take it granted that God will always help me!! Why doesn’t He help you when you need him the most??? I know it’s a small thing to miss a bus...But if He wants He could send me an auto now and I can reach there within no time… If I miss my bus today I have to go to Bus depot to catch that crowded BEST bus --The bus which wanders half of Mumbai, showing me how all malls look exactly in early morning – which I have no intention to see. I was lost in my crazy thoughts when this man on a motor bike stopped abruptly some 20feets ahead of me. He turned back to look at me. I was still lost in my thoughts and didn’t care to what he was looking. I saw him and then turned my gaze to the ground (which happens to be my best friend whenever I walk alone). He stared at me for a second or two and then took a u-turn. He stopped his bike beside me which made me to turn my gaze on him rather than my best friend and come out of my thoughts immediately. I saw a man in his thirties looking at me through rectangular gold framed spectacles. He smiled at me and said “You are going to the bus stop, right. Would you mind if I drop you?”And I said ok. Just like that. I mean there are always trillions of thoughts running through my mind all the time. But strangely at that point of time I had no thoughts in my mind. Not a single one. It was like somebody sprayed Baygon in my head which caused all thoughts to die.
I returned his smile back and sat on his bike. I started feeling awkward when we had already crossed half-way. I think he read my mind and started talking to me about how he also catches his bus from that stop and sees me everyday. He comes everyday to my bus stop!! How on earth I never saw him?? Man, I have to stop talking to my best friend and look around to see how many people notice me when I don’t. He also continued chatting about how difficult is to find an auto this early morning. I gave him the liberty to talk and restricted myself to only Umms and yeahs. When he dropped me at the stop I thanked him and he replied welcome in an elongated way as in “wellllccooommeee”. He went ahead to park his bike under the flyover. I looked at him as he was going away and said (of course, in my mind) “God, this was indeed a new way to answer my morning prayer but Thanks anyway!!”
After that I could not stop thinking about how a man who never knew me, helped me and how come I never questioned his intention and trusted him blindly. He was not even compelled to help me but even then he did. Help me, I mean. It’s strange but I find this kind of thing very divine where you just believe someone because someone in your heart tells you to do so. There are no needs of words to make you understand to trust them. There are so many people out there who are invisible to you, but when the need comes they will be there to help you in all possible ways. The above incident is one of the hundred incidents that I have experienced where people I don’t even know came in my life, helped me through difficult times and went away leaving their memories in my heart. I don’t know if you will find this strange but after that day I did not see that man again. I managed (with great difficulty) to tear my gaze from ground and look around for that man who helped me to get my bus that day. But, I could not find him… It was like he had just come that day to help me and then to disappear into thin air. They say there is nothing like miracle in this world. Everything has logic. But, I would like to think that everything in this world is a miracle. And, I have witnessed a miracle!
great one..infact the best one yet!!
ReplyDeletenice way to look at things around u.
optimism at its best!
hv faith and miracles wil happen..and u myt nt no why and how, but, there willl b a moment when all dots will connect,but, that is about the major things in lyf!!
But, gud to c tht u see miracles e1 in ur daily life :)
People search for the world of magic, but, they dont realise that, the miracles are happening every moment every where, u must just hv THE EYE to c it!! like u do :)