When You are DOWN....

...It is important to learn from a brave heart I saw today
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Today, as I was walking down the stair of a mall in New Delhi (which opens to a main road), I heard a sudden burst of laughter from some youth going in two rickshaws (a man-driven vehicle still used for commuting in many parts of the Indian subcontinent).

And the ‘target’ of their attention was a young lady, who had just tripped over an Iron bar. Luckily, she was not badly hurt but continued with the dusting of her cloths for a minute or two. Most shamefully, the guys continued to laugh till their rickshaws went out of sight.

That is what the life is all about. When you are down, most people will venture to pull you down further, or just laugh at your state. That is in the nature of most of us. One may feel like a tiger trapped in a zoo. Even a child in her mom’s lap will laugh and mock at him.

But that girl was a tough character. She was least embarrassed by all the unwanted attention from those despicable characters. And when she resumed her walk, she was as confident and unembarrassed as she would have been the moments before she tripped over that bar.

It is important for everybody to have the confidence that she had. After all, don’t we trip over so many times in our lives? Have, I don’t give a damn, attitude. Nothing else will work ever.