Tuesday, August 15, 2006
This old man...i respect
In continuation to the previous post, i forgot to mention about something i came across this evening on my way back from town. I was crossing the zebra crossing when i chanced upon this frail old man, quite thin and small built. One who seemed to simply get by and by, just enough to satisfy his hunger yet peniless. He was on his tricycle which ah peks usually used to cycle around with their barangs. He was on his. Laden with his barangs which seemed like his luggage, he struggled to cycle his way through town. He got stuck at the uprift at the end of the zebra crossing. I wanted to help him, but he seemed manageable to me, so i walked on towards the bus stop. It was an up slope. Walking wouldn't be any problem to young people like us with strong limbs but a huge obstacle for the old man.
I thought he might take a detour maybe cycle on some level ground to get to his destination. Instead, he appeared cycling past the bus stop i was at as i waited for my bus. He cycled past, slowly and seemingly painful to me. With weak limbs and perhaps a frail body, he strived on and pushed the heavy tricycle on foot. At times he looked as if he was going to fall backwards and tumble down the slope. Next, at the top of the slope, he tried to jump on his tricycle to cycle on. Perched slightly sloping downwards at the up slope, the old man on his tricycle looked rather unstable, like about to ride backwards down the slope. It looked dangerous. SOmewhat guilt pricked me. The fact that perhaps i should have offered some help there and then. I felt sympathetic..but i respect this old guy alot. He showed me perserverance and determination through this short scene i encountered. He proved that with both, no matter how hard things or challenges are, he can overcome it. His actions told me not to give up; not to give up hope as how i have held on so tightly to my dreams up till now; and still holding on, tight. It's time....for the test...to test my perserverance, my determination, my abilities. I ought to grow up and overcome them. I can, i believe and I will CONQUER it!
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