Yesterday was better

I know, I have been on the “blues” mode from the last week. And believe you me, I do not like it one bit. I have been thinking this and thinking that. Implementing very little. Getting all the more frustrated. That is when today happened. I woke up earlier than usual. Didn’t feel groggy and thought, wow! Looks like I might just have a good day. I reached the bus stop all of 20 minutes early. Good, Good! I shall be early to office for a change. When there was no sign of the bus even after 30 minutes of waiting, I got really antsy and decided to take a rickshaw. Why be late, after waking up early, no?

In the ric, I closed my eyes. No listening to FM and other stuff. I decided to just relax and start my day on a good note. But fate had something else in mind. On a patch of road where I have very little chance of getting another ric, my ric sputters and dies on me. I have decided to be calm and not let such little things upset me. So, I pay the rickshaw-wallah. Its not his fault is it that the damn ric broke down. That too on that road. I tried being optimistic. ”Doosri mil jaayegi”. No luck. 3 rickshaw wallah’s turned me down. They will not go where I want to go.

I walked about half a km and reached another bus stop. I saw the bus that I would have taken (had I not taken the ric) pass me by. It was so crowded. There were people hanging out from the door. No way I could get in. I wished I had waited for the bus back then. Atleast I would have got in and had a place to sit. After much waiting and letting 2 buses go because they were too crowded, finally managed to board a bus to office. Only to get stuck in traffic for another 45 mins. I didn’t mind it because it was so much better than standing in the sun.

I reached office all of 1.5 hours late.

When I look back I feel, yesterday was way better. At least I didn’t have a nightmarish commute to work.

Moral of the story is that I need to learn to be thankful for what I have. Thankful that things are just “bad”. They could have been worse.

On that note, I hope my friends and fellow ilanders are having a better day than I am.