As I was driving to the temple yesterday I suddenly got reminded of this incident which happened to me around 2 years back.
This incident happened between the 14th -16th october 2006 .
On a Saturday evening I was standing at a road side tea shop in kochi, a cup of tea and a smoke in hand . As my luck would have it a police jeep with a lady inspector in charge pulled up next to me and charged me for smoking in public. I profusely apologized and admitted to my wrong doing and swore never ever to repeat this(both to her and to myself). She wrote me a summons to appear in front of the magistrate after 2 weeks.
830 am Monday enroute to my clients office in Bengaluru I received a call from a Jr officer asking me to come to the police station by noon.
A lawyer from my brother’s office promptly went to the station and met the lady inspector. She said she had decided to withdraw the summons as she felt I was sincere in my apology and thought that I would never commit the offence again . She then tore the summons!
I stayed true to my word and even quit smoking within 6 weeks after having been a smoker for 17 years .
This incident reinforced a few beliefs . In addition to the power of trust and faith in others, i also realised that there is nothing more powerful than self accountability.
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At least we have one less smoker. It makes life easy for passive smokers .Thanx dude .
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