Few days ago, I read that quote somewhere. It felt deep, so, my memory retained it. Yesterday, I experienced it, so, my senses would feel its meaning for life..
Let me tell you how -
I have a scooter, it's my favourite. I feel like I am flying, independent and the most happy person whenever I go for a ride on it. I care for it like my baby.
Last evening, while i was returning home on my scooter, one person carelessly hit it with his bike, thanks to his Romeo style riding. I fell down on the road, got some scratches and internal muscle aches and pains. People came forward, lifted me up and helped me with my scooter. For me the worse part was when I saw my baby damaged - my scooter had taken all the hit, and it was badly disfigured.
Looking at my scooter, I lost all my patience and calm. I confronted the bike rider who did all this and asked him to explain it all. I was looking for him to be apologetic, admit his mistake and help me with repairing my scooter.
It's what humanity is, right? it's what we are taught - admit it, apologize for it and work on correcting it, if ever done a mistake.
But, no, to my disbelief, he didn't do any of it, rather justified his action with his lame excuses. And what next, he fled from there with his bike as if nothing had happened.
I was there, in the mid way, with my favourite scooter damaged. I had 2 choices now -
1. To keep on complaining and questioning about 'how wrongly this unfortunate thing happened with me and my scooter because of that damn biker', 'how can he do this', 'why did he do this', 'how irresponsible, careless and apathetic he is'
or
2. To look for the nearest repair shop to repair it.
So, the scooter is in the repair shop now and would come back home after some days, looking like new but repaired, replaced, and perhaps stronger than it was.
Going forward, it would need extra Care, frequent Maintenance and Patience, as it's Repaired now, not the same original one, after being Damaged.
I know, I would still love it the same.
It's not my Fault that my scooter got hit, but still it's my Responsibility to care and repair it. That's the only CLOSURE, ever needed..
Looking back, I am wondering that could have been done to prevent this -
1.Should I have been more vigilant of his signals before he hit me ?
2.Should i have chosen another route ?
3.Should I have stayed at home and not gone out riding with the scooter ?
1 or 2 can be potentially true but definitely not 3. So, I am not sitting at home, playing this incident in my mind again and again, considering myself the victim and blaming the universe for the wrong.
I should move on from this and go out on the road again with my scooter once it's repaired well.
Can the similar incident happen again - possibly yes. But that doesn't have the power to restrict my happiness, independence or freedom of riding my scooter. So I choose to be on the road again with my scooter, repaired yet stronger..
