Saturday, 21 May 2016

Tit, tat and otherwise

A car reversed, screeching tyres, abruptly turned and moved forward with even more aggression.

It knocked a white pigeon. The driver peeked out. Eyes bulged. Reversed his car and left.

The bird bled an ounce, breathed its last.

People around him were furious. He was cursed. How he felt at that moment was non predictable. He could be either nonchalant or regretful.

No one knows.

In another junction, a car rushes into an interjection. Squeezing into traffic. His invasion annoys several drivers.

Some honked. Some wound down the window, screamed and showed the third finger.

Below an apartment, a woman is ushering her children into her car. The youngest, a four year old, walks slowly, dilly dallying, towards her and the car.

She starts screaming. Yanks his ear and almost lifts him up into the car. The little one sits, crying at the back. Holding his ear in pain.

"Who kept these plates in the sink? " a loud scream. Followed by sound of plates breaking and thrown into the dustbin.

Why do these things happen around us? Why do humans become irrationally angry. Can we say it is mainly impatience that is the culprit behind these unruly behaviours.

If so, what triggers impatience. Are people simply in a rush all the time that they become impatient with everything?

Or is there anger hiding within unhappy people which erupts in these little forms of drama?

From experience, I know no amount of counseling or advise will change certain characteristics in troubled souls.

Often it is best that we stay away from people during their moments of woes. We only mingle when it is in a peaceful mode. We should flee the minute difficult moments arrive.

Nobody can change anybody. Those who recognise the symptoms should try detonating the bombs within themselves.

Change must come from one's inner self. Nothing from the outside can create that transition.








No comments:

Post a Comment