Insufficient Funds

                                               

He had heard that voice again. Insufficient Balance.

Why did these two words bother him so much today? He couldn’t make sense of it either, he said ‘There must be something good’ and got off the bus and headed towards his workplace. He was about to scan the card in his hand and go inside when he thought about what would happen if someone shouted “insufficient balance on this card” or if he said “What are you doing here, you are insufficient”. How embarrassed he would be… Fortunately, he realized that there was no such thing and smiled to himself saying ‘Don’t be ridiculous’.

When he entered, he greeted everyone and sat down and started working. Just as he was concentrating on his work, he was startled by the voice of the department head.

The sight he saw was not pleasant at all. The department head said “Son, you can’t work here. You are not qualified. Go downstairs and let them terminate your contract. I can’t deal with you…” and walked away.

Here you go… My card didn’t yell but the department head yelled at a tiny kid

“You Are Insufficient”

The kid was a high school senior intern. He would run everywhere to learn. He would help everyone and end up next to everyone saying “What can I get?” He was hardworking and determined but of course he was a novice.

The kid didn’t know what to do… He was literally told “You have insufficient funds” in front of everyone.

Fortunately, the kid quickly went after him and said “Please chief. Give me another chance. I can do this. I can do this.” But the chief was determined.

“I can’t deal with you,” he said and didn’t say anything else. Before I knew what was happening, I suddenly found myself next to them.

“Excuse me chief, I don’t mean to interfere with your work but… You give me this insufficient funds. Don’t bother yourself and let me take one last look, see if it has a balance or not, is it worth loading, will it work, okay?” I said.

“Of course, if you find it appropriate.” When I finished my sentence, my boss burst out laughing.

“Insufficient funds, hee… I liked that,” he said. “Okay, Mr. Osman. Now you have this intern. Let’s see if he’s worth uploading!” he said his last sentence with a laugh and walked away.

The boy looked at me and I looked at him and smiled. Then I said, “Come on. Let’s make a plan for what we can do with you.”

When I asked, “What was your name?”;

- My name is Abdulbaki, but you can call him ‘Insufficient Baki’, he said with gratitude and embarrassment.

I smiled. I saw that light in him. It wasn’t insufficient funds at all. There was just information that hadn’t been uploaded yet. If that information was uploaded, he could be much more adequate than most of the people working here.

“Look, kid. Yes, you may have an insufficient funds right now, but with this determination and diligence, you can upload it very quickly.

I have been following you since you came. You are constantly running around for five minutes, wondering where, from whom and what you can get. This is what will make you a master. You are an apprentice now. Of course you will make mistakes, of course the results of your actions will not be as you wish, of course you will be scolded by your boss...

But this is how you will progress from apprentice to journeyman, and from journeyman to master.

Not everything happens at once. You will climb the stairs slowly and digestingly... Otherwise you will be out of breath when you reach the top step. Then your only concern there will be breathing. You will look around you inexperienced, wondering 'What was I supposed to do?'

Let alone being an apprentice now, be a beginner and be disgraced. Otherwise, these things will be much harder when you become a master...

Abdul Baki was listening so well... It was as if he had started to load every word into his mind...

“Thank you Osman Brother. Excuse me... Mr. Osman,” he said.

“But I want to tell you something, if you allow me,” he said. When he got the approval, he started telling.

“If they told me that I would experience something like this today, I wouldn’t have believed it. But really,

There is no such thing as coincidence in life!

When I was coming to work today, the bus card of my friend after me shouted “Insufficient balance” and I immediately printed my card for him. At that moment, he thanked me so sincerely and prayed “May ALLAH complete you like this and not leave you in trouble”…

I felt the same way right now. I really thank you again Osman Bey. My GOD! Thank you too” and when I said that, the penny suddenly dropped in my head…

“Aaaa, were you on that bus? I was there too and I was very disturbed by that sound and I couldn’t understand why. So ALLAH was preparing us for this scene,” I said…

Neither of us could speak anymore. The thing that was loaded inside us was reminding us that we did not have an insufficient balance, that we just did not intend to load. Because man was created perfectly. The card is perfectly ready, are you ready to load? it was saying…