I have this hobby to learn and ask how people get where they are right now.
Who else would be my perfect subject then all my cab drivers that I have encounter everyday. Funny thing until today I only meet the same driver twice. In any case let's talk about driver A he talks about how he really upset on people who's snob and not giving tip. He sometimes curse those people and said that they will not go far. "They sound like they are really great obviously they don't realize that life can change and when they are rock bottom let's see how arrogant can they be. He told me he used to be working in goverment and goes for training in US however at the end he became a taxi driver not really sure why. However you can smell his bitterness.
Few months after that I encountered driver B, he is very polite. It started from the time I step in to the cab, he even greets the parking person. I started to probe him "How long does it take for him to be able to drive a car. He said "Well within a day , at that time I use my office car" I thought to myself oh maybe he was a private driver before apparently I was wrong. He actually working in goverment as well and his driver was having lunch and he thought why not learn to drive and so he took the car and start wandering around. From there I knew that he came from such high social status. He doesn't see himself as less he doesn't curse he doesn't interrupt me he doesn't feel that I look at him differently. There is no sense of bitterness at all.
Why two same incidents came out with different results?
It is how we relate the incident and the meaning that it tries to convey. Anything has two sides just like a coin it just a matter of which one would you choose. I know one thing choosing being bitter will not get him anywhere , will not make him the best that he can be. Driver B shows that a person can be BIG without material. Such politeness, and calmness a true definite thing that I will emulate. Thank you, Pak!
