Thanks / Regards
Shakeel Ahmed
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love
Values Of Love And Care
The passengers on the bus watched
sympathetically as the attractive young woman
with the white cane made her way carefully up
the steps. She paid the driver and, using her hands to feel
the location of the seats, walked down the aisle
and found the seat he'd told her was empty. Then
she's settled in, placed her briefcase on her lap
and rested her cane against her leg. It had been a year since Susan became blind. Due
to a medical misdiagnosis she had been rendered
sightless, and she was suddenly thrown into a
world of darkness, anger,frustration and self-pity.
'How could this have happened to me?' she
would plead, her heart knotted with anger. But no matter how much she cried or ranted or
prayed, she knew the painful truth, her sight was
never going to return. A cloud of depression hung
over Susan's once optimistic spirit. All she had to
cling to was her husband Mark. Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan
with all his heart. When she first lost her sight, he
watched her sink into despair and was
determined to help his wife gain the strength she
needed to become independent again. Finally, Susan felt ready to return to her job, but
how would she get there? She used to take the
bus, but was now too frightened to get around
the city by herself. Mark volunteered to drive her
to work each day, even though they worked at
opposite ends of the city. At first, this comforted Susan and fulfilled Mark's need to protect his
sightless wife who was so insecure about
performing the slightest task. Soon, however Mark realized that this
arrangement wasn't working - it was hectic, and
costly. Susan is going to have to start taking the bus
again, he admitted to himself. But just the thought
of mentioning it toher made him cringe. She was
still so fragile, so angry. How would she react?
Just as Mark predicted, Susan was horrified at the
idea of taking the bus again. "I'm blind!" she responded bitterly. "How am I supposed to know
where I'm going? I feel like you're abandoning
me." Mark's heart broke but he knew what had to be
done. He promised Susan that each day he would
ride the bus with her until she got the hang of it. And that is exactly what happened. For two solid
weeks, Mark, military uniform and all,
accompanied Susan to and from work each day.
He taught her how to rely on her other senses to
determine where she was and how to adapt to
her new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could watch out for her, and
save her a seat. Each morning they made the
journey together, and Mark would take a cab
back to his office. Although this routine was even more costly and
exhausting than the previous one, Mark knew it
was only a matter of time before Susan would be
able to ride the bus onher own. Finally, Susan
decided that she was ready to try the trip on her
own. Monday morning arrived, and before she left, she threw her arms around Mark, her
temporary bus riding companion, her husband,
and her best friend. Her eyes filled with tears of
gratitude for his loyalty, his patience, his love. She
said good-bye, and for the first time, they went
their separate ways. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.... Each day on her own
went perfectly, and Susan had never felt better. On Friday morning, Susantook the bus to work as
usual. As she was paying for her fare to exit the
bus, the driver said,"Boy, I sure envy you." Susan
wasn't sure if the driver was speaking to her or
not. After all, who on earth would ever envya
blind woman who had struggled just to find the courage to live for the past year? "Why do you
envy me?" The driver responded, "It must feel so good to be
taken care of and protected like you are." Susan
had no idea what the driver was talking about,
"What do you mean?" The driver said,"You know,
every morning for the past week, a fine looking
gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you whenyou get off
the bus. He makes sure you cross thestreet safely
and he watches you until you enter your office
building. Then he blows you a kiss, gives you a
little salute and walks away. You are one lucky
lady." Tears of happiness poured down Susan's cheeks.
For although she couldn't see him, she had always
felt Mark's presence. She was blessed, so blessed,
for he had given her a gift more powerful than
sight, a gift she didn't need to see to believe - the
gift of love that can bring light where there had been darkness. "You don't love a woman because she is beautiful,
but she is beautiful because you love her..."
Thanks / Regards
Shakeel Ahmed
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love
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