Those Untold Thanks

Everyone would be thankful to everyone by a very simple change in attitude.

Here is an interesting incident to highlight this. I was travelling on a train from Hyderabad to Bangalore. I had a lower berth seat reserved for me. As it happened in all earlier occasions when i had a lower berth seat, this time too i need to exchange that with one of the co-passengers. A young guy had come with his old-age dad and he requested if i could swap my seat for his dad which i obliged.

After a while three ladies boarded the train two of them having young children [around a year old] and one elder lady. One of their seats was in a different coupe [section of 8 seats in a compartment coach] but in the same coach. Later one mid-aged man came in looking for his seat in our coupe. One of the ladies requested if he could take up the seat reserved for them which is few coupes away. He obliged and moved on. As the train started moving he came and informed this lady that the seat he moved to, happened to be a ladies quota coupe and all 8 seats are supposed to be for ladies. He neither demanded his original seat back but waited for an option. Ticket examiner came and he understood the situation and he said he can't violate the rule by making this man sit in a ladies quota coupe. TTE even offered to move this man to a different coach if he is willing for which he said YES. As this was happening another lady in the adjacent coupe stood up and said to TTE that she can go to ladies quota seat and swap her seat with this man. TTE appreciated both of them and moved on. As this guy moved to the adjacent coupe he realized its a side-lower seat and he was definitely over 6ft tall. It will be difficult to sleep in that seat for taller guys. He did not complain though and sat there. As he was sitting another mid-aged man offered his upper berth seat stating that he has no problem in travelling in side berth as he is not that tall. This help too came out voluntarily.

There was a big smile in everyone's face as this sequence of events unfolded. Imagine how chaotic it could have been even if one of these people had been not that flexible. The best part is everyone deserved a basket of thanks and felt thankful to someone at the sametime. Another interesting part is none of them know each other's names but still offered to help to the extent they could and made other person's journey more comfortable.
That is the power of flexible life. Imagine how this world, our life would be if this is adapted by everyone in all walks of life.

Its a wonderful world to be in!