One Rainy Morning

It was in the month of September. The monsoons were in full flow and were busy drenching practically the whole of south india.. I personally dont like rains but give the fact that our food (read farmers,crops) comes from it i think of it as a necessity .

The reasons are pretty much well known..how many of us would like to get to our offices drenched ?? And how many school kids go to their schools only to find out that their notebooks which they have filled in with so much of care have been soaked up by rain...dat kinda makes it bitter for me :(

So as i was cycling my way to the bus-stand..which is a good 3000 meter from my house( well meter is physically correct..i dnt kno abt the english part..i'm an engineer cnt help it ) As i was going thru the rain cursing it 4 ruining my start...there was this unholy sound of the link in my bicycle chain breaking down clakkety kang kang

I knew it had happened...the thing with cycling is it gives u good exercise,saves the planet as it is eco-friendly, but the moment when the chain comes off the hub is the most powerless moment in the world.

You have the will and energy to cycle,ur tires are inflated but u cnt move ahead !!!!! I dont think there is any other feeling of being more powerless than this.


I had no option but to get down use my fingers and hope dat the chain would go back to its original position...I had never been successful in doing it whenever it had happened..and today was no exception..grumpily..i took a deep breath resigned myself to my fate and trudged along pushing my bicycle....i had walked a fair amount of distance...when i came across this urchin on the road...it's not dat i had never seen an urchin before but this lad had some sort of x-factor that made me stop and have a look at him. He didnt go to school and i'm assuming he didnt have parents either but he looked happy...kids like him are there all over India...uncared,unwanted...cast away by the society, yet they are there...he was there happy havin a blast in the rain..it struck me @ once dnt worry about the past and dont give a damn about the future..jus enjoy ur present..if u cnt enjoy it atleast dont curse urself and feel bad about coz there are many in the world who are not as fortunate as you are :) It took me 5 minutes to realise this and after the realization had dawned on me it didn't take me much time to get moving...I reached the station took a bus reached my college it was still pouring but i was happy that i had learnt something :)

Later that day while coming back...I got my bicycle repaired and cycled back home happily as if nothing had happened in the morning

So that's the thing guys...take life as it comes and never be upset or pissed off if things don't go your way
it's just that life finds newer ways to teach us something important :)
That's it :)