don't know why am i writing anything about being good and bad... for me it is always a shade of both... wonder does good or bad really exist? what is good to me may not be good to you ... don't know...
well, what triggered this thing about being good is rather being right... i was at the ticket window wanting to renew my train pass... i have a first class pass and there's a separate queue at the window that allows you to feel special(!!!) by not letting you be a part of the serpentine queues.
Now, that I was there, one look at those in the 2nd class queue and I couldn't just barge in and get done with my pass... those who know me, know I am no saint but somehow it had to do more with not being the right thing to do when there were people waiting from I don't know when... so i waited and let at least 3 people from the 'other' queue pass before I went to the window...
the woman behind me, lost her patience by then and showered me with what-the-hell-do-you-think-you-are-doing kinda look... well, not only looks but showered me with get the hell out of here kinda sentences. I stood my ground, let the 3 people pass and then went on with my ticketing...
next in the train, i stop a lady from throwing garbage out of the window and again i am showered with the above mentioned looks...
really wonder... if it is difficult being good ... is it really difficult standing your ground... your princples?... think whatever it is but it is worth it... for me, i get a kick out of it at the risk of being kicked!
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It is difficult being good , It is difficult to hold ground, dificult stick to ur principles... bt it all cause u don't have gutts, stong determination.
If u have above 2 then its no big deal tht u can b good, do what u think is right and certainly live the way u wish for...
But the fact is that most of us dont have these 2 qualities and hence .... :(
Nice post ... Happened with a few times (in local ST buses in Rajasthan!).
Also, happened to get a look at a book with a similar title - the difficulty of being good (gurcharan das!) ... some interesting observations it had!
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