co-incidence or miracle?! :)

There are times in life that just leave you believing in the power up above and your ability to reach it, just a l'il bit more than usual.

This happened a coupla years ago when we were coming back from Chennai, by train, after attending buddy S ki shaadi. M told me to give him the ticket because I might drop it from the purse while removing or putting the stuff back in. I said OK, more than happy to get rid of responsibility of any kind.

We reached our compartment and M generally checked to see if we remembered our seat numbers right and the ticket had disappeared! It could have fallen anywhere, starting from the hotel where the reception happened to anywhere on the station. We had the envelope in which the e-ticket was couriered to us with the PNR number. But knowing how rules most often defy logic, we were wondering what else we can do. M though he will go to a cyber cafe and try and get s print of the confirmation email. easier said than done. Cyber cafe was on the other end of the station and when M reached he realised the speed was so slow that there was no hope of getting the print till after the train left.

Me, I was waiting on the platform, after keeping our samaan under the seats. My cell phone was not on roaming and I didn't know what to do. Suddenly I thought, I might as well go inside and sit down and wait for M to get back. Can you believe our luck? As I reached my seat, I saw two men standing outside by the window, with a ticket in their hand, asking who was sitting on so and so seat?! I just snatched the ticket and realized it was indeed our ticket. I thanked those people profusely and requested the guy sitting next to us to lend me his phone, so that I could call M and inform him that he should get back imm.

I mean what are the chances that someone actually picks up a dropped and ticket and then takes EFFORT to come and return it to the rightful owners?!

I of course shared this experience with my folks and friends because I was so zapped by the whole thing.

Then, my mom called me last night as we were getting ready to go and watch last show of Fashion. She was coming back from Pune yesterday evening after enjoying the Diwali festivities. She kept the ticket in her trouser pocket so that its easily accessible. Somehow and somewhere, either her pocket got picked or she dropped the ticket. She reached the platform and was trying to confirm if it was the same train number, when she realised she had lost the ticket. Now my mom panics really easy and quick. My dad had forgotten his phone, so she couldn't call and check what she should do next?!

She remembered her compartment and seat and thought she could by a general ticket at least and then reason it out with the TC or worse pay the fine. So she started walking towards the counter and was crossing over a bridge, when she realised it will take too long. She remembered OUR Chennai incident and thought it could happen to her also that some good Samaritan will come with hers and she decided to turn back and take her seat.

As she was walking back she saw a sweeper cleaning the bridge and noticed an old looking ticket. She wondered what if and suddenly noticed her hanky in the dirt pile getting collected. She rushed and told the guy to just hold on. Miracle of miracles, it was indeed HER ticket! :D

She thanked the sweeper profusely and went to her train without a worry!

So, my mom called to tell me, that sort of, thanks to me, she found her ticket!

Would you call it just a co-incidence or some angel looking over us making the right things happen?!

So in these times, where religious strife seems to be taking away our ability to look at another human being with trust and without being judgemental, let's think back to good things that have happened to us and others. How many times did you wonder what was the religion of that Good Samaritan? Or did you stop extending your helping handing to someone who needed it because you had to first check the religion and caste?!

Let's try and notice these little miracles in our life to start with and then make them happen often... Let's respect fellow human beings and be giving and kind... Let's try NOT to be judgemental and try and condone acts of violence under the name of faith...

Like my favourite Tantra tee says "God is too big to fit into any one religion"

Cheers to that!