Sitting by the waves Kabir was thinking, could this day be any worse? World is full of negativities. Life is not just.Why is it that someone who has enough gets everything and someone who is in need gets nothing?
Just as he was awaken by a phone call in the morning saying that his best friend is really sick he knew that today wasn’t going to be the best day of his life. He had stayed up for most of the night completing his deadline which he had to submit to his boss today urgently. So when he got up his head felt heavy, he had a hint of headache, he had to get dressed in lightening speed, go to his work and submit the report, somehow convince his boss for an hour leave to visit his friend, so to sum up, today was just not his day.
He knew today would be the day when his car would not start at once, he would be stopped at traffic lights for a considerable period of time, threatening his arrival to his office on time, etc, etc and it did happen that way. His boss had already arrived by the time he had reached and he was screamed at in front of his colleagues for being late. His report was not well received either. His boss made sure he pointed out every mistake as annoyingly as possible. Now it was almost impossible for him to ask for leave. So he had to skip his lunch and drive down to the hospital in that time. When he reached hospital he learnt that his friend’s condition had deteriorated so badly that his family decided to airlift him from the islands to mainland, so they had left a few moments ago. His friend had been battling liver cirrhosis due to alcoholism. Kabir cursed himself for being late. And not just today. They were best friends yet life kept him so busy that he could not be with his friend when he needed him the most. And now somehow he knew he had missed his chance. Today was just not his day.
All throughout the day he was dull and dreamy. Too upset to go home he went to his favourite beach a little away from the city to spend some alone time.He wondered and wondered about questions he had no answers to. He thought about his life and how different it had become from what he had imagined it to be. Why was he living at all just to live a mechanical life? He wished he had a little bit more control on his life or maybe he could just float out of his body and lead a separate life. He used to feel so powerful when he was young. Where did all that enthusiasm go? Was there no purpose in his life today?
As the sun went down so did all his hope for happiness too. He cursed himself, his life, his destiny, his gods, everyone. He did not realize how late he had been out until his watch suddenly beeped and it was 9pm. He had to go home now. Accepting life’s reality to some extent and giving in to its pressures he got up and walked towards his car. Once again his car would not start. He tried many times but it wouldn’t budge. Yes today is definitely not my day he thought. He is stuck in a lonely beach and he knew there was no scope of getting a bus from this place and that too at this point of time. He had to walk to the nearest residential area from where he might get some kind of lift. As he was just out of his car and had walked a few distance, he heard a loud noise from behind, something metallic brushed his leg and he was thrown sideways. He experienced a sharp pain in his knees and he passed out for what seemed as hrs but was for a couple of minutes.
When he regained his senses, he slowly tried to comprehend what had happened. It seemed like a speeding mini- van had crashed into his car causing it to dash into the nearby tree. Had he been inside his car he would have definitely been dead. He got up and started assessing the damage. He could get up so he wasn’t badly hurt, his car was ruined, so he went to the minivan. There were a bunch of boys inside looking badly hurt covered in bruises none of them were showing any signs of movement. He checked his cellphone and he couldn’t believe his luck, he had full network. Now all he had to do was call for help. He felt elated. He would be saved. Help was on its way. He felt happy and also confused since moments ago he was cursing life and destiny but now it seemed like he longs for it. He lay on the ground thinking, today is just not my day…. today is just not my day to die, today is just not my day to give up, its just not my day to lose hope.
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