We all regret some of our actions or rather inaction deeply. Sometimes you cannot forget it, it just keeps coming to you haunting your thoughts. One such incident happened in my office.
I had a tough day and had to take a break. The cafeteria was on the first floor and I took the lift.
I was on my way down and the lift stopped at 2nd floor, and there the lift door opened in a smooth sliding motion and I heard a male voice from behind "Excuse me" and I turned back as the door was on its smooth motion into its shell to give way to ppl.
I moved away giving him the the smallest available space in the already cramped lift, and he managed to free himself to get out. As he left my eyes followed him getting out, the moment he crossed my vision there for the slightest second I saw a man.
That man was physically challenged, he was using his aids and trying to move few steps to reach the lift, it still hurts, I saw another man get into the vacancy created by the person getting out. Observing this I did the unthinkable. I did not move.
I need to go down just one floor, I could have got out to let him in, the physically challenged person to use the lift.
I do not know who is wrong, the person who got in or me. I regret my in action. As the lift door came closing in its smoother action I saw him struggle to move back a few steps.
There were atleast 10 of us in the lift, am I the only person regretting his in action. Bad karma. This would go in my mind as long as I can remember. But this blog will go as long as i die and will make sure I do not repeat it.
I will strive to be a good person and be attentive in the future. My small action could have been a slap on the face for the person who got in and an eye opener for others. I will try not to repeat this act again.
Gopinath Radhakrishnan
