Life is beautiful
A friend of more than eight years met with an accident while he was driving back home after dinner, with his wife and baby. A pleasant evening culminated in to an indelible memory when the car crashed in to a call centre taxi during the late evening hours yesterday. In no time was a family erased with just a single survivor left behind, battling for life.
After the initial shock, the news sank in and I finally was ready to acknowledge the fact that we take our lives and its safety so much for granted. Despite the laws of mandatory usage of seat belts we still drive around without them, leaving the seat belts hanging on to the door sides gathering dust. (From February 1 2009, the city traffic police will begin penalizing those who are not fastening their seatbelts. This had been made mandatory in the country under Section 138 of the Motor Vehicles Act following an amendment in 2003. Source: www.expressindia.com dated 29th January 2009)
Driving time has turned out to be the most convenient slot in the day reserved for catching up with pending calls. The traffic woes have turned us in to road ragers waging our ego battles with the wheel as a weapon. The deep rooted belief that we would be untouched by tragedy and disaster has given us the impetus to move on recklessly, still.
Life is beautiful and is to be lived responsibly. I had my moment of truth, though at somebody else’s pain, which taught me to be grateful to each passing second that I spend on this planet. My seat belt is dusted and it now adorns me in even the shortest of my journeys. I have dug out my mobile hands free - from the depths of a drawer- and am struggling to get used to it. Driving has become a mindful exercise and I have promised myself not to take the gift of life for granted.
After the initial shock, the news sank in and I finally was ready to acknowledge the fact that we take our lives and its safety so much for granted. Despite the laws of mandatory usage of seat belts we still drive around without them, leaving the seat belts hanging on to the door sides gathering dust. (From February 1 2009, the city traffic police will begin penalizing those who are not fastening their seatbelts. This had been made mandatory in the country under Section 138 of the Motor Vehicles Act following an amendment in 2003. Source: www.expressindia.com dated 29th January 2009)
Driving time has turned out to be the most convenient slot in the day reserved for catching up with pending calls. The traffic woes have turned us in to road ragers waging our ego battles with the wheel as a weapon. The deep rooted belief that we would be untouched by tragedy and disaster has given us the impetus to move on recklessly, still.
Life is beautiful and is to be lived responsibly. I had my moment of truth, though at somebody else’s pain, which taught me to be grateful to each passing second that I spend on this planet. My seat belt is dusted and it now adorns me in even the shortest of my journeys. I have dug out my mobile hands free - from the depths of a drawer- and am struggling to get used to it. Driving has become a mindful exercise and I have promised myself not to take the gift of life for granted.
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