When is the last time, you have lost your wallet, fully loaded with all the credit, debit cards, license, pan card et all and have found it back intact. I did, a few weeks back. I had to travel in a city bus after a long time (got used to traveling by bike and am known for my clumsiness with stuff). I dutifully bought the ticket and put the wallet back in my handbag. At least I thought so. I got down in my stop and had to catch another bus. I boarded this second bus and was reaching for my wallet to get the tickets. Lo and behold, it was not there. I just jumped off the bus (just imagine!!!) and frantically searched through the massive contents of my handbag (You wont believe how a girl loads up her hand bag), but to no avail. My wallet was nowhere to be found. I quickly hot listed all my cards. My dad and I then went to the bus terminus hoping that some good citizen would have found the wallet and had returned it to the terminus. (By now I was sure my wallet was not "picked" cos my hand bag was intact. Only my wallet was missing and I must have dropped it in the first bus after having bought the ticket). The people at the terminus had not received any such "orphaned" wallets. By now I have lost all hopes of finding it. So my dad and I decided to file an FIR in the nearby police station, since you need one to get a copy of the license and pan card. But they needed the license number to file the FIR. I had it back home. So we decided we would come by the following day (It was a Sunday) and file the FIR. What nuisance I have put myself into?
I wake up the next morning and I receive a call in my mobile. The caller identified me by my name and said that he had found my wallet in the bus in which he was serving as a conductor. He graciously offered to bring my wallet to a bus terminus near my home. To say I was elated would be an understatement. I just couldn't believe my luck. We then fixed up a time and I met him at the said time and got back my wallet, with all its contents intact. He had found it beneath the seat in the bus at 11 pm when his shift got over. He had found my mobile number in the membership card of my beauty salon (a girls membership to a beauty salon pays off you see). I thanked him immensely and he refused anything in return for his help. He just said he understood the importance of the contents of my wallet and was happy that he could be of help.
The fact that a total stranger, had gone to such lengths to return the property of an unknown person has had me stunned. How many of us would have done that. Sometimes it amazes me how some one who is totally unrelated, does a little act of kindness and thereby remains there in your memory forever. This person, who is related to me by the race (human) I belong, is a miracle maker for me.
I wake up the next morning and I receive a call in my mobile. The caller identified me by my name and said that he had found my wallet in the bus in which he was serving as a conductor. He graciously offered to bring my wallet to a bus terminus near my home. To say I was elated would be an understatement. I just couldn't believe my luck. We then fixed up a time and I met him at the said time and got back my wallet, with all its contents intact. He had found it beneath the seat in the bus at 11 pm when his shift got over. He had found my mobile number in the membership card of my beauty salon (a girls membership to a beauty salon pays off you see). I thanked him immensely and he refused anything in return for his help. He just said he understood the importance of the contents of my wallet and was happy that he could be of help.
The fact that a total stranger, had gone to such lengths to return the property of an unknown person has had me stunned. How many of us would have done that. Sometimes it amazes me how some one who is totally unrelated, does a little act of kindness and thereby remains there in your memory forever. This person, who is related to me by the race (human) I belong, is a miracle maker for me.
I recently saw a film called Pay it Forward, instead of paying back something to the person who helped u, help some one who is in trouble jus the way u were in trouble, so pay it forward and make a difference!!!
ReplyDeleteU must have been so relieved:-))!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt happened to me too...I was going on a trip & lost my wallet with all my savings[for the trip] & was so heartbroken.
When I came back from the trip my father asked me if I lost my wallet coz a person had called him[luckily my fathers business card was in the purse]. We then arranged a meeting place & I got my wallet intact.
I too believe in what Vj says:-)
Frozen thoughts....i love it!
ReplyDeleteHmm you are right in saying about the joy of getting what belonged to you, that too when it was soo important. But have you tried to think what sort of happiness he might have got by returning it to you? Just imagine how he might have felt when he saw the happiness in your eyes. Just think of giving someone the happiness of their lives and just feel the satisfaction you will get when you see their eyes at that moment. How many will get to see such happiness in the eyes of other person. How many will get to see the kind of respect you have for him.
ReplyDeleteWhen you think about all these things you will actually realise that infact he felt more happiness in giving it than you in finding it back.
Vj: You are spot on. Keep the chain going..
ReplyDeleteReflections : These things always make u believe in humanity even after you have just come across the most inhuman act of life.
Sujata : Thank u :)
Asif : Never really thought in that perspective. Come to think of it, you are right. He might have actually reveled in the act of being kind.
Two things that impressed me apart from this post is
ReplyDelete"vj's :I recently saw a film called Pay it Forward, instead of paying back something to the person who helped u, help some one who is in trouble jus the way u were in trouble, so pay it forward and make a difference!!! "
and
"asif's:Just think of giving someone the happiness of their lives and just feel the satisfaction you will get when you see their eyes at that moment. How many will get to see such happiness in the eyes of other person"
@anusha : u gave him the best compliment with this post. This post and response to it looks to be a gift to someone and eye opener to many. i felt a small thing missing in your post.i believe u didnt mention the conductors name.Not to point something i know out of happiness when we regain what we lost we may forget few things.That is totally acceptable.In other words miracle dont have names.
Giri : Rightly pointed out and sadly so, I don't remember his name. I feel kinda bad about that thinking of it now. And now I am not sure if that is acceptable. How can I forget the name of someone who helped me? Isn't that bad??
ReplyDeleteNot bad.In general miracle doesn't have name.I really dont remember any miracle's name that has happened in the history too, they are just events.May be i am poor in history.In other hand disasters have names eg ( Rita/Nisha ) names of few cyclones.Its just a thought next time when miracle happens lets remember it with the names.:)
ReplyDeleteSorry to join in a bit late...
ReplyDeleteFirst I would like to convey my thanks to Mr.Giri....
@Giri-Thanks a lot for going through my view and liking it. Really the way you wrote the line "This post and response to it looks to be a gift to someone and eye opener to many." generated a lot of curiosity and I had to go through your blog. I loved every bit of it there. But don’t you think you are suppressing your free flowing thoughts? Won’t it be nice for us to read such wonderful thoughts more often?
Well Congrats for getting a new follower… :)
@Anusha—I have a small doubt. Don’t mind but did you at least ask him his name when he returned the purse? Ha ha ha Coz generally people in such situations are more concerned to check the contents of the purse than to ask the person whether what his name is.
It’s my personal experience. That’s why I just wanted to know.
Anyway you still remember that person and still spreading a word about his good deeds. I personally feel this is more important which you are doing than remembering just a name.