A bad day and a good doctor…
February 10th, 2009
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A sleepless night followed by a long day at work, a terrible drive back home, and every other imaginable thing to take your day from bad to worse. We’ve all had more than our fair share of those. Bad days are quite common these days, given the kind of lives we live. And meeting a person who’s been having a bad day only makes it worse. It spreads like wild fire. From one body to another, and sometime we end up doing something that we regret for a long long time… I don’t need to quote examples here, we’ll all been there and have done that….
However, there is another side. There is a breed of people who are unaffected by all this rage and madness, and they have instead chosen to spread love and peace and joy through their actions. I recently decided to join swimming. This required me to get a medical fitness form signed by a doctor. So after a particularly bad day, I decided to walk down a busy Mumbai road to find a doctor who would certify me as medically fit. Usually, one can get these forms signed for a few bucks and forego the medical proceedings (Or you can start believing that your doctor does in fact posess x-ray / MRI vision).
After being turned by a rather-fancy looking place where I would’ve certainly parted with a few Rs. 100 bills, I decided to go to one of the not-so-great looking tiny-little place. So far, my day seemed to only be getting worse and the long wait didn’t seem to help. When I first caught a glimpse of the doctor, he was easily the oldest looking doctor I had seen and was even having trouble walking properly. Once again, the day wasn’t starting to look any brighter.
At this point I must mention something that I read in a book ages ago; A Paradigm Shift. I’m not sure about the book, but it attempts to identify situations where the introduction of a fact, or the transpiring of an event changes the way a person thinks about a situation. So coming back to my day, I was up next to meet the doctor, and he quickly looked me over and decided that I was in fact fit to swim. Next, I asked the doc how much I owed him. He looked at me and after a pause, said “Hundred Rupees.” I started reaching for my wallet and he looked at me and smiled and said “Arre Kuch nahi, Aap achhi cheez karne ja rahe ho (Nothing, You’re off to do something good), I’m glad to help.”
Enter Paradigm Shift. In that single sentence the sweet old man made my day and ensured that I was smiling all the way back home and for the rest of the day, which is more than anything that anyone could have done for anyone after a bad day 
. That man obviously hadn’t set up that lil clinic to make money. He genuinely wanted to help people. And I’d like to believe he was more than a doctor, he was… he is a healer. He definitely healed me that day. Thank you sir. If only the world had more people like you…
. That man obviously hadn’t set up that lil clinic to make money. He genuinely wanted to help people. And I’d like to believe he was more than a doctor, he was… he is a healer. He definitely healed me that day. Thank you sir. If only the world had more people like you…
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