My heartwarming experience riding with an auto driver in Bangalore

I asked him, how can he be so relaxed with chaotic traffic around. He said, both of his kids are studying well and even with his income from an auto, he's satisfied with his life, so no stress.

BHPian chaitanyakrish recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

I posted my experience on Twitter as well and also sharing here for our forum.

I Had to travel in an auto today as I will not take car to a place where there's no parking. I don't like to park on the roads. The auto driver was a middle aged man, probably in his 40s-50s.

Surprisingly he was driving very well and following all road rules like

1. Stopping at signals
2. yielding and giving way at intersections
3. Very relaxed and no stress
4. Maintaining lane and not driving like a snake.

I got curious and asked him, is he new to Bangalore and asked him to tell about himself. He said he came to Bangalore 20 years ago and used to work in a garments company for 2 years and has been driving auto for 18 years. He has 2 kids,one is studying CA (he used to do wrong calculations in garments business,so he thought someone should know accounts well). His son is studying BTech and in 4th year and already got campus placement. I appreciated him for driving carefully. He said,if he makes any mistake,it impacts his family,so he doesn't want to.

I asked him, how can he be so relaxed with chaotic traffic around(autos are not soundproof, and they get all the traffic noise). He said,both of his kids are studying well, even with his income from auto, he's satisfied with his life, so no stress.

I folded my hands and thanked him for the life lesson. As Dr. Abdul Kalam said in the European parliament, "Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world."

This Auto guy just demonstrated with his way of life.

Finally, when I reached home, I paid him 100 rupees and he returned 50 rupees change and said, this is enough for this distance!

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