I had gone today to complete some unfinished business . It was a hot, sunny afternoon. I parked the car and was walking towards to my destination, when from a distance I saw an elderly man walking towards me in the opposite direction .
As we came close, I saw that he was walking slowly, in measured steps and there was a look of pain on his face. He was not feeling comfortable, that I could clearly see. I glanced at him and then moved on, wanting to go quickly and complete my unfinished work.
I soon reached my destination,completed my work and was returning to where the car was parked , when again from a distance I saw the same man sitting on the road .I quickly walked across to where he was sitting.
I bent down and saw that he was tired and exhausted. I was concerned and asked him where he stayed as the intention was to drop him to his house in my car. He gave me the name of the place where he stayed, however the name did not seem familiar and I did not want to just keep searching for the place, seeing the condition of my elderly friend. I quickly saw that nearby on the opposite side of the road were a few auto rickshaws.
My experience had been that the auto rickshaw drivers were the best guides to unknown places . I quickly called one of the auto rickshaws and told the driver to drop my friend to his place. I told the driver to find out where the destination was . He asked him and after a brief interaction between both of them , the driver had a fairly good idea of the direction he had to take to reach the destination.I then inquired from the driver how much the fare would be , the driver told me the amount and I gave him the money.
The driver then started the autorickshaw and as it began to move, my friend waved his hand and said softly, thankyou. I waved back a stranger who briefly came , touched my life , and moved away,never to be seen again.There is a immense gratitude to the Universe, family& friends of who,where I am today .
