As usual, I climbed down my office bus and started walking to my office building. I saw “Mr. Determined” , today also. He is a short, with some deformity in his legs because of which he has trouble walking .Most of the days I observe him, the manner in which he climbs the elevated areas, the effort he takes to carry himself up to his building, but all this he does so normally that I used to wonder how he manages it. Initially I used to feel sympathy for him but later it became respect. Today he was just walking in front of me. I was observing him .I felt happy for him and wished he reached safely to his office. I crossed the road and was about to climb the footpath. Suddenly something happened before me , that all of a sudden put me in shock!! Mr. Determined had fallen just like that!! He was also trying to climb onto the footpath. Somehow he couldn’t get his legs out there properly and he had trembled down! A surge of pain rushed through my whole body. I rushed towards him, two other girls joined me. But before we could reach out for help, he had almost gotten back on his own!!!! He started walking away as if nothing had happened .I was totally astonished by his act!! I stood there watching him moving away until he vanished …I was praying for such a thing to never happen again with anyone…. Really, If each one of us starts thinking like this man and gets up each time trouble wraps us around, and face them with courage and determination how beautiful our life would be!!!!!!!
