Sunday, October 31, 2010

Pregnant Standing, man sound asleep on seat, whose fault?


Today, during my train ride, I saw 2 pregnant ladies standing infront of the row of seats facing a sqad of sleeping passengers.

I was pretty upset by the blatant lack of grace displayed here, but was standing too far away to be able to do anything. Finally someone got off and i managed to nudge closer, I wanted to wake the man who is seated to give up his seat. However, now at this priviledged spot, I hesitated, I wasn't 100% sure if one of the lady was pregnant as someone was blocking my view, i thought to myself,"it could be someone who wore a loose blouse, if i mistakenly woke up the man, wouldn't it be an embarrassment?"

As i was hesitating, the lady turned towards me and shuffled towards the exit, that is when i confirmed (yup, no doubt about it) that she is pregnant and seemed unwell but too late, she is leaving the train.

The next lady is a malay lady, she was leaning against the glass panel by the seats looking tried, again I hesitated, thinking," should i ask her if she need a seat first or wake the man up first? " before my thoughts are over, another kind lady behind me gestured for the malay lady to go to her side and she requested for the person seated at the reserved seat to get up.

What upset me is not that people are all fast asleep on the seats without knowledge that there are others who need the seats more, what upsets me are those who are awake. I'm a good example, I had the guts to take photos but not the decency to do something right. "The greatest triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", remember this.

I told Cain that what I need to learn from him and Rick are 2 things, the ability to recognise the right thing to do, and the courage to do the right thing.

My fear of embarrassment is an example of the strong sense of self I have. Some people's strong sense of self manifest in their temper and arrogance. Mine appears as selfishness and fear of embarrassment.

I'll take note of this defficiency in me, my promise to myself after this incident. progress needs mindfulness.

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