Smiling The Whole Way Through

Last Friday when I was on my way back from Bangi, it was raining very heavily and I was driving and talking on the phone with my mum. As we were busy talking, Astaghfirullah! was the word that came out from my mouth when I saw a whole tree just fell off from its roots and drop on the road where I was suppose to drive through. It was just a car away from me. I panicked, and felt  my arms and knees were shaking and saw two men from the house nearby running towards the tree and peeking under it. The next thing that strike my mind was, Ya Allah, please don't let anyone be stuck under the tree. I was even more afraid.

              The two men run back towards their houses and came running back and forth. All of a sudden there was this one guy in a black car came from my left side and squeeze himself beside my car. I was wondering what on earth was this guy trying to do. The whole road is block and there was no way through. He switched on his hazard light and came out of the car. Then there was another car followed behind the black car and parked behind of him and came out as well. Then I saw a guy walking towards the tree in the rain with no umbrella bringing a huge axe on the right side of my car. And then there was an old man walking on the left side of my car with an umbrella with another huge axe in his hand. Now I knew what was going on.

               All the people were united to chop down the branches in order to make way for cars to pass through. They don't even know each other, they were from different backgrounds and they were of different age and sizes. It doesn't matter to them, they were having fun and smiling in the rain. They were talking to each other, helping each other out. Since I got a clear view from being in the front row, I was totally amazed from what I see. I felt so bless for god to give such beautiful and wonderful life to each and everyone of us. Even there are ups and down, it is truly a blessed life indeed. I smiled in the car. And when it was my turn to pass through, the car in front of me gave a thumbs up to a middle aged man beside the road. The man smiled the whole way, until I passed through and smiled back. He was in the rain. Wet. And smiling.

Till then,
xoxo