Strangers on the Road

 

 

A stranger came to me and asked ‘is everything alright? Why are you standing here?” while I was Standing on footpath along a busy square.

I was waiting for a friend and in the meanwhile observing life on the move, in a city that is not that strange to me any more.

I was simply baffled by the intrusion.

“Would you please introduce yourself?” I asked with a grim face.

And his answer peeled away the stern veneer of my face and there I was apologizing for not recognizing him at first.

He was one of the Security staff at my alma mater.

I asked how’s everything going there and appreciated his memory. Later I offered him tea, showing all the courtesy that a gentle man can but he was in hurry so he left blessing me with prayers.

Some people really amaze me. It made me happy that he remembered me and I felt ashamed on my behavior.

On the contrary sometimes being nice to every one leaves you in big trouble. I wish I never learnt this lesson so early L

When you know that there are crocodiles in the Pond, you can’t enjoy swimming. Haah

Though I cleared his speculations before he left that I haven’t risen to the rank of a loafer yet and I was just waiting for my friend there. He left with an assuring smile.

All is well that ends Well; as says the Shakespeare