Two Chatty People

Everyday I travel by the Mumbai local to get to work. For the last one week I've been noticing two very chatty young girls arriving on the platform same time as me.  They always seem to be really into the subject they are discussing and talking very loudly.  Some people would look at them for a moment and then carry on.  I tried to understand what they were talking about.  Looked like girl stuff really - exclaiming, discussing, other friends, latest gossip, hair, clothes, etc. The train arrived and one of them had to board.  They shook hands what looked like their own good bye handshake and went in opposite directions.

Both the girls were conversing in sign language and were deaf  and very much unlike the image of deaf people that comes to our mind when we think - DEAF.  They seemed very cheerful and happy and if it wasn't for the loud gestures they were making nobody would think anything was wrong with them (not that deaf people have a way to peculiarly look different). They had hearing aids on and attended regular college.  It was a pleasure to see them talking and they always look so happily lost in a world of their own.  This episode reiterated my belief that life is beautiful and it is always how we choose to face the hardships that makes all the difference.

They were not so out of the ordinary considering all the deaf people in the world and there are people who have worse to manage (read story of woman with no arms and the woman who managed her household and had no limbs) But when you think about how we let the small things from day-to-day upset us remember this -  There is always another way, a better way. We are the ones in control.

Here is what Barbara de Angelis said:
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.