The Regret
During the busy hours of the city, I came out of the house to reach my destination on time. Since I was already late from home, I decided to catch a cab, rather a taxi, the yellow ones popular in roads of Kolkata so that I can reach on time. But what I didn't know was that I had taken the wrong decision at wrong time. Taxis were totally unavailable. Also my Smartphone did not have enough charge so that I could book an Ola or Uber cab. How smart they are that they cannot be used when needed.
I kept on looking for taxis, but all of them were full. Then came a moment when I started to regret my decision. I started to believe that by this time I would have reached half of the distance if I would not have ditched my regular hope, the buses. At that time, I saw a ray of hope. A taxi taking U-turn and coming towards my direction. Already I am late, not even taxi will be able to take me to my destination, but still I was happy. I stopped it, asked the driver and got into it.
Suddenly an aged lady came towards us. She complained to the driver, saying that she stopped the taxi and the driver is taking me. Neither the driver nor I had noticed the woman before. I thought of getting down but I was in a hurry, and the driver said I didn't see you and started driving.
The lady was really old, was carrying two bags in two hands, one of them was really big for her to carry.I realized I had been so selfish at that moment. Undoubtedly she needed the taxi more than me, but I was in such a rush that it did not click my mind that i should have let her go. Already I was late, and I did not have any heavy bag with me also. It was another wrong decision taken within half an hour and this time I started to regret more.
God gives us fraction of a second to decide what we want to be. But most the time we choose to be selfish and self-centered because that is easy to choose.
I kept on looking for taxis, but all of them were full. Then came a moment when I started to regret my decision. I started to believe that by this time I would have reached half of the distance if I would not have ditched my regular hope, the buses. At that time, I saw a ray of hope. A taxi taking U-turn and coming towards my direction. Already I am late, not even taxi will be able to take me to my destination, but still I was happy. I stopped it, asked the driver and got into it.
Suddenly an aged lady came towards us. She complained to the driver, saying that she stopped the taxi and the driver is taking me. Neither the driver nor I had noticed the woman before. I thought of getting down but I was in a hurry, and the driver said I didn't see you and started driving.
The lady was really old, was carrying two bags in two hands, one of them was really big for her to carry.I realized I had been so selfish at that moment. Undoubtedly she needed the taxi more than me, but I was in such a rush that it did not click my mind that i should have let her go. Already I was late, and I did not have any heavy bag with me also. It was another wrong decision taken within half an hour and this time I started to regret more.
God gives us fraction of a second to decide what we want to be. But most the time we choose to be selfish and self-centered because that is easy to choose.
Yes, it's true that easy path often contradicts with the right path and we should wise enough to choose between the two.
ReplyDeleteHaha nicely written..These things are a part and parcel of our life..We need to survive and this very thought is making us selfish and self centred. We have lost or better to say purposefully lost our humanity..We have redefined survival. Life moves on though..Avik
ReplyDeleteGood one. But why can't somebody choose the easy option?
ReplyDelete.....turning the pages of our past...we will find that all of us ...had been selfish at certain points of time...and the easy path ...making others suffer.lets pray...to be tolerant...sharbari
ReplyDeleteএমন অনেক ঘটনা আমাদের প্রত্যেকের জীবনেই ঘটেছে, পরবর্তী সময়ে যা অনুশোচনার কাঁটা হয়ে বিঁধে
ReplyDeleteথাকে অনেকদিন।তাতেই প্রমান হয় আমরা স্বার্থপর নই, যদি তাই হতো তাহলে আর যাই হোক অনুশোচনা হতো না।