While coming back home from college few years back my bus stopped at a signal. I was sitting by a window seat so got a chance to notice an old man sitting by a road side tap. He was carrying a not-interested-in-this-world-anymore kind of expression on his face. Or was I reading too much, I don’t know. Though he kept watching the people (so did I) who came for water and seeing the tap empty of it went away abusing the municipality.
The signal turned green and my bus leaped forward with gusto. For once I turned back at the old man only to see him happily filling his bottle. Voila! The water had come.
After I reached home I somehow felt relaxed from within for I now knew, sometimes, one needs to wait for the opportunity with the dress of preparation on and not make a blind sprint for it.
Thanks ‘old man’, wherever you are!
By: NovoneeL ChakrabortY
6 comments:
Well! We learn the same lesson again and again, don't we? But we still ignore those lessons and continue being stupid. I'm talking about me. I already knew the moral of your story but still kept complaining. Now i relearnt it. Thanks! :)
very rightly said!!!
If you say so :) :P
that's what we call an inspiration...isnt it?Life teaches us soo many things everyday...but we hardly notice...it requires a special instinct to hold on to dese little incidents n make out an answer...n u r d one endowed wid those instincts to remember that 'old man' n his doings dat day...n bring it in front of all ur readers...
spelndid!!
:-)
Thank you Anuradha!!!
well said:)
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