I am of normal height and weight. Not small made, nor lean.
I am not handsome, but reasonably good looking. But if I before someone in a
crowd I will never get noticed. There is something invisible about my presence.
I have always wondered, why people do not notice me. Sometimes I talk loud and
clear, and even wear bright colored shirts, so that I get noticed.
This setback is particularly irritating when I travel in the
public transport bus. Once I board a bus, there will be other passengers who
have got in at the same stop as I. All of us would crowd the bus conductor to
get our travel tickets. Other passengers, would be ordinary people who are
wearing dirty clothes and maybe are even from the poorer section of the
society. The conductor will notice a person standing on my right, and issue him
a ticket. He will then turn to another person on my left and issue him a
ticket. Then he will look over my shoulder and issue a ticket to him. Then I
will hope that it will be my turn. But no, he will turn his back to me and issue tickets to
every other person in the bus except me. All the time I will be having the
correct change and will be repeating my stop name to the deaf conductor at
least 10 times. I have tried many strategies but none of them were of any
avail.
But after 58 years of being invisible today the most awaited
event happened. Today as I got into the bus along with 6 other passengers, the
conductor first saw me and took the change from my hand and gave me the ticket
to my destination. I felt really great
and happy. Finally I had arrived. I was so happy that I wanted to share this milestone
in my life with you all. I hope
tomorrow is not a let down.
These are small almost meaningless desires in us. But still
even when a small unfulfilled desire gets gratified the happiness lingers for
the entire day. This incident is one such.
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