【轻阅读，看世界】What has life taught you recently?

铅笔英语，每晚睡前故事。

看世界人生百态，品人间真情冷暖。

多一种语言，多一个纬度，多一段故事。

Last night, I was alone at the bus-stop, waiting for the bus to my home.

Then, two buses came, one behind the other.

Both go to my house.

I flagged the first bus and got in.

During this process, the second bus overtook the first bus and sped on crossing the signal.

As my bus moved, the red light flashed. The bus slowed down and stopped for sometime.

With this, the distance between both the buses increased enormously. To an extent that the bus was out of sight after sometime.

I then wondered, What if I had flagged the second bus instead?

The first bus would have gone ahead crossing the signal. While the second bus would have got stuck in the signal.

I would have still been in the same spot.

My situation wouldn’t have changed. Not even by a millimetre.

But—

In this case, I would have delayed the journey of the people in the second bus. The people in the first bus would have reached their destination faster.

It was in my hand, whether the 20–30 people in the first bus should reach early or the 20–30 people in the second bus should reach early.

In some situations,

You become a catalyst. You become an agent of change.

You remain unchanged throughout the whole process. But you have an effect on others’ lives.

For example,

You have an opening for a watchman post. Two equally qualified people come for the interview. You have the power to choose one. One family would be happy and the other might be sad. It’ll all depend on your choice.

Extrapolating this will lead to far bigger situations.

I once read about connecting the dots and realised the power the universe has on us. Thinking all this last night made me wonder about the opposite— the power we have on the universe.