The goodness always comes back!

A week ago, I was returning home, when a guy randomly hit me from the left while trying to turn. I was in speed, and he totally missed seeing me coming. 5 secs later, he was lying on the road as I halted on the side of the road. As I got off my bike, a plethora of on goers had surrounded me. Next few minutes, there was all kinds of screaming in Kannada, whilst I stood there justifying myself. I left them and walked towards the guy who had hit me. In my mind I had started creating arguments as to why it was all his fault. The angry crowd had fueled my desire for justification even further. But then I saw him sitting there, holding his one hand with the other, blood dripping down and his face clearly in pain. All I could come up with was - ‘I am so sorry!’.


“It’s okay!” - he said in his painful voice.

“Take him to the hospital” - someone in the crowd shouted in broken Hindi.

“Yes, of course, I will take him to the hospital” I said out loud, trying to sound as reassuring as possible.

10 minutes later, I was sitting in the waiting room of a hospital, whilst he was getting some stitches in his hand. A part of me was sorry for him, but a part in me still wanted to clarify that it was his fault. I paid his hospital bill, apologized to him once again, exchanged phone numbers and left.

Next few days, I had this incident still playing in my head, trying to understand if it was all justified. When you become the center stage for an angry mob, screaming, blaming, and shaming you, it dissolves the boundary between right and wrong. Was It my fault? Was I the actual victim for having to face anger of so many strangers? These questions kept me awake for the next few nights.

But then, just this evening, I received a message from this guy, and it melted my heart. All my doubts of being right or wrong, all my justification no longer matters. Do good and the goodness will come back to you. Maybe not every soul in the world is trying to take advantage of your situation. I can feel so much weight being lifted of my head. Now I can sleep in peace knowing that the right thing was done when it was needed!