I always feel a need to be different than others. And I feel fascinated by this need.People smoke because others smoke..People drink because others drink..and as if this is not enough, even career decisions are taken based on someone else's decision. How can people accept to be counted among the common crowd?
Having the best education, the best job, a wonderful family...is it enough? Even after achieving all this does a man stop being a 'common man'. I always feel fascinated by those people who have taken a different route in their routine journey. They are not any famous celebrities. They are people around me.
For example, a few days back when I got down at Parel Station from a heavily crowded train and was trying to find some way to get to the bridge, I bumped into this girl. I expected an obvious sermon and a look that would tell me that I am one of the stupidest person travelling on Mumbai trains. But...you never know when a surprise is waiting for you! Very calmly she said "sorry...sorry...pls go ahead".
I was stunned for a fraction of a second !!!
She was definitely different from others including me. And when I looked at her, I couldn't help but notice how abnormally fair her complexion was!
Well whatever it is, she taught me a lesson of life within seconds. Who is going to remember your smart advices later? But because of her 'sorry', I'll never forget her.
Why not say 'sorry'? Just to make a difference!
