A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher in Life!

An Insightful Series of Life Lessons That My Life Provided As I Lived Understanding Its Psychology and Philosophy Improving My Mental Health in The Process.

Jul 03, 2026

LIFE LESSON STORIES SERIES

A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher: Real Teachers Are Not Found in Classrooms Alone

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At times in our theater group, we had our rehearsals going till late at night owing to the pressures of performance schedules. But since Shivani and I had started an affair by then, she didn’t bother much about getting late. I was always there to drop her back home safely at any hour. Others also offered their company along.

A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher in Life: The Four of Us Stop at A Tea Shop

After such a late rehearsal one day, I set off to drop Shivani back home. Two other members joined us along. On our way back, we passed by a tea shop that kept open all through the night. We decided to sip tea together before proceeding further. There were already two people sitting over there sipping their tea on another table.

We chatted about adding new elements to the upcoming performance while sipping tea. Such unofficial spontaneous meetings at times proved to be more creative than the official ones. They were truly brainstorming in their nature.

A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher in Life: The Police Hit A Child Outside

Suddenly we heard a loud cry of a child as if he was hit by someone. We found it was the tea vendor’s employee who was being bullied by the night police patrol. They had hit him with their baton on some issue we knew not. We didn’t want to get involved in the affairs of the police, so we kept being silent observers. But one of the other two sitting on the nearby table raised his voice loud, “Hello officer!”

The officer casually peeped inside from where the voice had addressed them. Then he tended to ignore it and kept hitting the child.

“I am addressing you, officer. Respond to me,” he again raised his voice toward them.

“Who wants a response here inside?” the officer peeped inside the shop again but couldn’t ignore the call this time.

“I am the one,” he raised his hand.

“What’s your problem?” shouted the officer.

“It’s not my problem. I am asking about yours. I want to know why you are hitting this little child so mercilessly,” said the man.

“Do you really want an answer?” The officer challenged him armed with the power the state had vested in him.

“Yes, I do want an answer,” replied the man fearlessly undeterred by the officer’s challenge.

“Okay, come out in the open if you want an answer,” the officer dared him out.

The man immediately stood up and went out where they were hitting the child. His companion followed him out as well.

“Tell me now. I am out in the open for an answer,” he dared the officer back.

By now their focus had got shifted from the child to the man challenging their authority.

The officer kept staring at the man for a while. When the man didn’t let his gaze down, the officer again asked, “So you want an answer, right?”

“Right,” said the man.

“Okay, come to the police station with us. You will get your answer in detail over there,” the officer tried his next scaring tactic.

“Well, I have no problem in going to your police station if you are more comfortable answering my question there. I just want my answer wherever you give,” the man said in a very cool voice.

A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher in Life: All of Them Move Toward The Police Station

They all started moving toward the police station. By that time, we had also finished our tea. Without a single word uttered among us, we automatically started following them as if pulled by a magnet behind them. The road had gone absolutely empty by then at that hour.

“The best of all the gutsy soon start panting inside a police station. Some of them even wet their pants,” the officer painted a macabre image of the police station to scare him.

“I don’t mind that. You said you would answer my question in the police station, so I am going there with you. It doesn’t matter to me what all happens there,” his tone was still the same way cool.

It was time for the officer to get alarmed now. Who was this man not losing his cool despite the impending threat of what could happen with him there? He himself started getting scared a bit now.

“Who are you by the way? What connections have you got?” the officer wanted to clarify.

“Why are you getting scared? I am an ordinary man. I really don’t have any connections too. So, you can try any of your methods you are trying to scare me with. In the end, I simply want an answer to my question,” the man said in a matter-of-fact voice.

“We also have some experience of who sounds like what. The ones who don’t have any approach shout out the loudest of their imaginary connections trying to scare us. And the ones who really have them never disclose before they set off using them in real action. I can bet you have very high connections,” the officer was in a mood to hush up the matter now.

“That’s for you to decide. I simply told you the truth I don’t have any. I am on my own alone standing in front of you in my personal capacity. You can do whatever you feel like doing. But I just want the answer to my question,” the man still insisted on what he really wanted from them.

A Life Lessons Story of My Best Teacher in Life: Four of Us Follow Them A Little Behind

It was a war of nerves that the police had already appeared to have lost in a pitiable manner. The officer didn’t want to take any further risk.

“Let’s compromise,” the officer suggested as they stopped moving ahead. We also stopped where we were, trying to listen to every single word they were exchanging.

“Sorry, I don’t want any compromise, officer! I just want you to answer my question,” the man still stuck to his ground.

By then, the officer had really got frightened. He offered an unconditional apology,” We are sorry we hit the child.”

“But why did you?” the man still didn’t accept their apology.

“We found him an easy target to take out our grudges we had to suppress within,” he was looking ashamed.

“Now I got my answer. I just wanted to show you the mirror. Do you see how ugly you look in the mirror?” his tone was again the same way cool.

“Sorry sir, we will never repeat it again,” the officer looked like an erring child caught.

“And if you are so frustrated in your job, why don’t you resign and do something better? There are hundred and one better ways to earn a living,” the man still sounded equally cool.

The officer kept looking down in shame as did his entire team along.

We all dispersed as the police left from there, but I got my best teacher in the man forever. And that too when I didn’t even know his name. What he taught me alone was way more meaningful than everything together all my teachers had ever taught me in classrooms.

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