A day I would like to forget, or may be not!

Tuesday, 9^th of January 2008:

Life is beautiful with full of charm and hope to have a better day every time I wake up. A good coffee and a nice warm shower start my day after which I generally hurry towards my office. This day was supposed to be normal, same as the others having a whole day of work and travel. It was supposed to be good, a routine and absolutely non-incidental. But it turned out to be a nightmare I would like to forget but may be I can’t. The day started as usual with a good coffee and a shower and of course me hurrying to make it in time to the office. It was same as any other day until I saw something on the road. I saw people standing around something. The sight of it was alarming, and I could smell something terribly wrong there. My bus was nearing the crowd and my heart was pumping hysterically. I never intended to see what could have happened there. My pulse rising as the bus was inching towards the crowd which bottlenecked the traffic. The moment came at last and what I saw was horrific. I saw a man lying on the road his eyes wide open and covered with blood. He was dead; probably he was hurt on his head. I stood breathless to find a person die so horribly. I don’t know whose mistake was it, or who did it but what I know is that some irreparable damage has occurred. I couldn’t stop the tears in my eyes imagining his wife, parents and may be his small kids who’ve lost him forever.

My first reaction was to forget the whole incident and carry on with my life, my work. But wait a sec, can I do that in fact can I afford to forget something as vital as one’s life? Can I remain content with the fact that I was not involved and my family hasn’t lost anybody? Can I be ignorant of the fact that the person who was responsible and probably survived may not even repent? All these questions filled my conscience that day. The picture of that man came into my dreams and he stared at me saying “did I deserve a death like that?” I was shaken from my roots, and I couldn’t sleep. How can I? How can we all?

My friends, I realize that we all have our own private lives but we do have to be responsible in order to protect ourselves and our own beloved from the wrath of what I call “Shear Negligence”. If an accident occurs it’s the liability of both parties involved equally. I believe we all should take an initiative to prevent these horrible episodes in our lives to occur. We can always do it by behaving responsibly, by doing the following:

1) Obey traffic rules

2) Wear Helmets and Seat belts

3) Don’t over speed

4) No drinks with driving and no cell phones as well

I hope we all realize the importance of life and the menace of losing it to an accident caused due to negligence.

I thought I would forget this day but I will not, because this incident has opened my eyes and I hope my account if read by you will make you realize as well.