Some kind gestures made a day !

Riti's day started as any other day starts these days. Nothing new had happened in months but yes a new person has arrived to this new land from home which is these days a far away land and the common thing with this person is the day of Riti's arrival to new land 3 years back.
Yes Aug 1,2004, when Riti had left her home in aspirations of dreams !

This new person, has spent five years at the place where riti, went every summers. The person took Riti to the places to which she could associate with.The names of the places, the language, the colours all flashed back in her mind, but mostly it was the people she met there, or may be it was just a person who remained with her from the flash back. The person who was the closest of all and is no more there, the void that has been created by this persons absence took over her, there was uneasiness in her, which slowly started to grow inside and forced her to go back into the past.

Riti has started to cope up with the changes that life has forced into her, acceptance has been made. but the memories of those days still linger in her mind, some good ones make her smile and some shatter her. Riti can't let her fall again, so she collected the spread out that was created and put all the things together.

Friends make life beautiful and thats true, Riti's blessed with few friends whom god just sends to her at the right time, and such friends made an entry in body or voice and made the day little better.

The thing that touched her the most today was when she was waiting for the bus, and there was no sign of it, she looked at the watch and the the time on her cell phone the time was right but no bus, she heard a call from someone, she turned behind and it was her neighbour who called out to her and told her that the bus left, she smiled and said thanks to the african american lady.The lady didnt stop at that, she said the next one is only half n hour later, may be the lady sensed the need to go where riti was going, she said i can drop you, just hopp in. Riti had never entered in some one's car like that in strangers car, yah its her neighbour, but her neighbours are starngers too .. she took her chance and the lady dropped her where she needed to go.

Riti thanked her for the timely help and asked smiled thanking god who is always with her, even though she forgets that.. and she thought on her way back why and from where this happened , though she remembered one day this lady had knocked at her door late in the night as she had some headache and wanted some medicines and she had given her what she needed .. also one day the same lady had asked for a five dollar bill this had scared Riti, as she had thought why would she want money from her and she had forgotton abt it with no expectation to get it back .. but she didnt want the lady to come back again for borrowing money, but one day she had again come and this time it was to return the money ..
and today she had actually helped her without even asking for help and riti has still doubted ..

Have we become like this somewhere ? started doubting people, even if something good is being offered ?

The doubts have not come all of a sudden, there have been experiences where she has taken people as they are and then had troubles which she has to deal with till date, sometimes a warm smile to an elderly person, has caused her problems and has generated fear in her, which overpowers her and this fear makes her so suspicious abt people in general ..

But at the same time she has met people who are actually what they are, and that lets her still believe in goodness and kind gestures ..