గురు బ్రహ్మ గురుర్ విష్ణుః గురుర్ దేవో
మహేశ్వరః
గురు స్సాక్షాత్ పరబ్రహ్మ తస్మై శ్రీ గురవే నమః
శుక్లాం బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం
ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోప శాంతయే
శ్రుతి స్మృతి పురాణానాం ఆలయం కరుణాలయం
నమామి భగవత్ పాదం శంకరం లోక శంకరం
ఓం నమః శివాయ
Many a time we make certain assumptions
without trying to know the reality. This is especially done when our ego/anger
takes over us. Here is a small story.
There used to be a sincere bus conductor,
who would do his job very diligently. One day at one of the bus stops a man got
in. He was more than 6 feet tall. He was extremely well built with big muscles
all over. After he got into the bus, the conductor approached him and asked him
to purchase the ticket. The man with a rough voice said, “I don’t have to purchase a
ticket” and remained silent.
Looking at the size of the man, the
conductor could not dare any more. He did not insist and moved on.
The next day at the same time and at
the same bus stop the hefty man got in again. The conductor once again asked him and
the person responded with the same sentence. This went on for more than a week.
The bus conductor got very pained. He
started showing his frustration at home. He started shouting at his family
members for no rhyme or reason. Importantly, he went on thinking what to do
about making this guy purchase the ticket. His frail body did not give him too
many options on how to confront the guy.
One fine day he decided that he would
do something and took a month’s leave from his job. He went to a Karate master
and started learning Karate. Since he was an extremely committed guy, he could
learn Karate within one month and importantly learnt the tricks of how to handle heftier
and heavier guys than him. He felt very happy and then resumed at his job.
On the first day, he was
just waiting for the bus to reach the much anticipated bus stop. As ever, the hefty man got into
the bus and the conductor approached him and asked him to purchase the ticket.
The man responded with exactly the same answer as before.
Then the conductor said, “Today, I am
not going to let you go. I am not scared of you or your body any more. You have
to purchase the ticket.”
The person responded, “Excuse me Sir! I
had saved the lives of people in a bus accident and by virtue of that the govt
has given me a free pass. I can travel in any bus all through my
life without purchasing the ticket. Here is my pass.” He pulled out a card from
his pocket and showed it to the conductor. The conductor was shocked and felt
foolish.
So, many a time, instead
of finding out the truth with a simple question, we make assumptions, which create problems
for us. Instead of ego and anger taking over us, let a simple question clear
the ambiguity. In general, our mind always tends to take the negative side. For
example, instead of thinking that the hefty man was trying to show his muscles
and evade purchasing the ticket, if at all the conductor had thought
positively and assumed, lets say, may be the guy is poor and doesn’t have money to purchase
the ticket, it would have been a different story for the conductor. So,
thinking positively is extremely important.
సర్వే జనాః సుఖినో భవంతు
PS: There could be typos and other mistakes
in telugu and english, kindly pardon me with big hearts.
