My Daddy’s Car and The Best Medicine Ever…

One Lousy evening, I was in my low-mood and bad hair day.

Nothing could make me smile that day (ow, ok, maybe just a fake smile…).

You know that, lotz of books published today talks about Positive Thoughts, Positive Energy and how the negative energy will attract other negative things? Yeah, it sort of right, actually. Nothing really right, nothing really in place when you were in bad mood.

There I was, in a blue taxi, on the way to my Japanese lesson. Crazy traffic jamz as usual, kinda rainy, as if the nature supporting my mood (or probably the nature says”Yeah, you already has BAD HAIR day, another rain drop won’t hurt…”.

The 1st 15 minute, I decided to call my bf. And there he was. Also in bad mood because work overload, as he is as usual, would be a sarcastic man, a temperamental person and an impatient human being. He added antother “made my day”.

The next minute I  hung up my cellphone (actually not hung up, but abruptly punching the OFF button hehehe), There I saw the taxi driver look back at me through his rear mirror. I was like, in my thought of course, “WHAT! what are you looking at!”

Then suddenly the taxi driver, turned on his tape recorder with Dangdut songs!

He smiled at me and say, “I have driven taxi for almost 20 years, especially Jakarta’s traffic, I can’t event stand it, It’s very tiring, but I have one thing, the best medicine ever….”

He took down his Sun’s shade and gave me this 10R photo of… his son.

Old and laminated.

“This is what makes me keep going, never feel tired anymore, just by looking at this picture of my lovely one. Too bad I don’t have my wife picture, It would make me feel even better! … Just by looking at this picture, I can smile. Do you know a smile can cure anything? It can cure your day, even a rare disease?”

I stunned and just answered a blunt “Yes, it does”

“Everytime I have something in my mind, or something that’s feels like there’s no way out. I will recall my good memories with my family, I will smile as big as I can, I will sing as loud as I want.” He added.

“No One can stop you for being a Happy person, My Son teaches me that. He changed me to be more thankful. Don’t u think so, miss? It’s easier to smile than to cry, isn’t it? believe me it will cure anything”.

I just (okay this is the 1st un-fake) smiled.

“My Son is very proud of me, he told everybody that his Daddy is cool  because his Daddy has a TOYOTA Vios Car….”. The taxi driver stopped and laughed out loud. “… He just doesn’t know that his daddy’s car is actually a taxi!”

And we reached the place.

I paid him the fare and said “Thank You, Sir…. for everything”

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