Faith

I was coming back from work in a city bus. At one stop, one family got into the bus - father, mother with a baby & with a little girl. In the whole clan, only the baby and the little girl could see. The others did not have the gift of eyesight . They conducted each other so well and I don't know what made me stand up instantly (could be that I was stunned to note that though they couldn't see the world, they perfectly conducted themselves into the now overcrowded bus),I told the little girl to sit in my seat.She was all smiles. My attention shifted to the mother with the baby. She could not see the world. It is hard to believe that the husband and wife did not have the chance to see each other all their life. The baby was on his shoulders and they sat happily talking about something. The sudden brakes in city buses are common and I told the girl sitting behind the visually-challenged couple to ask the mother to take care of the baby's head as the child's head sometimes came close to hitting the seat bar. (The traffic was heavy on the road and the driver had to resort to apply sudden brakes too often.) The girl spoke in Kannada to the mother and she positioned her hands correctly to ensure the safety of the baby's head. I got down from the bus with thoughts about, how well-gifted we are and how less we acknowledge it. Could not help thinking about the fact that these people trusted in God much more than all of us. Every time they take a step, they are taking a chance and its only God's support that keeps them going. Someone gave a seat, someone told them that their baby's head can get hurt and when I turned to look at the bus, I saw them getting down also and a police man helping them reach the pavement. They do not get to plan so much about how they will manage on the road, they only know that they have to reach somewhere. How they manage goes by God's plan.
Lesson that I learnt: Just think about where you want to go and not about whether you will make it there or not. If it is meant to be, you will somehow be guided there. You don't lose by failing an attempt, but by never attempting at all. Just start and do as much as you can to keep your focus and leave the rest to the unseen and unknown and incomprehensible power - Call it God, time, luck, confidence, instinct, saviors, nature or sincerity.