Trip to Coimbatore with my Mother.

Aum Sai Ram.

It is been a very long time writing an article here. I was on constant trip for work & pleasure & could not get sufficient time to write down the points to make an article. I have been on Complete Run the Whole of 6 months from Jan 2010 till June 2010.

Recently one such incident happened during one of my trip to Coimbatore during May 2010. I took my mom along with me to Coimbatore for a family Re-Union & also a small trip to waterfalls & Dam near Coimbatore.

We left home early in the morning by bus. Then again took a bus to Coimbatore & the travel time was around 8 hrs from Bangalore. But the Bus Arrived 1 hour late to the final Destination. To save some time, I got down some 8 km before the Main Bus Stand hoping to catch a city bus at that point to reach home.

As it was already too late, there were no buses for a very long time. When the bus finally arrived it was over crowded. We had to Miss 2 buses. It was way past 9:30pm. One Bus arrived & I managed to board the bus. But after a minute I realized that my mom had not yet boarded the bus. Then I requested the Bus conductor to stop the bus & got down with two suitcases of luggage. I came back walking a couple of meters back to bus stop to find my mom.

I asked her as to why she did not board the bus. She told me that the stairs were too high & she could not manage to board the bus. I was completely tired & was out of my mind. I then Prayed to Baba as to why he was doing such thing & testing me when my mother is with me. I cursed baba, The Bus Driver as well as the Govt bus Corporation for building such a bus whose stairs were too high even for a normal person to board.

Saw a Taxi coming on its way. I stopped taxi & asked if he can drop us at our destination & he was asking almost 4 times the fare at 500Rs. Then i told baba, what is this? To earn 1 rupee we need to do a lot of thing but this guy here demands multiple times the actual cost.

After a Minute or so, I think Baba heard my Curses & send an Empty Bus & we were able to board the bus in time to reach home by 10:15pm.

It was the bus that started from the main bus stand at 9:30pm & if we had gone to the main bus stand instead of getting down in between, we could have boarded the same bus at the bus stand & come home comfortably.

Baba plans things properly & if we have full faith in him, he takes us in a proper path with less difficulty. I was the one who was in a hurry to go home early. so all these happened.

Pray to Sai Baba & allow him to do the things in his own way. Don’t force, panic or else you will end up like me in between of nothing!

One thing to remember, never board an Auto or Taxi in Coimbatore without fixing up the prices. They always charge more than the prescribed fare. Much more than any other cities. Bus fare from Bangalore to Coimbatore by Volvo is 500 Rupees + & the Taxi Fare he asked was 500Bucks for a 10 km ride.

Baba Says: “When you bow down to me & come to me with Shradha & Saburi, it is my duty to take care of you under all circumstances”.

Allah Malik