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There are some sayings which you get told in your life, which stick with you, and resonate
in your ears subconsciously, time and again.The simplicity in them makes you wonder how you never thought about it, and how easy the life would become if one follows them.
In my case,I can vividly remmbr a couple of them, which I came across not so long ago in my life.
First one was by a close friend Rishi, who told me a saying told to him by his grandmother.
“Jo hota hai acche ke liye hota hai.“(Whatever happens, happens for the good).
Though earlier I disagreed with this adage, and refuted it on the basis that this is like resigning to fate, but that is not wht it inherentely says.And over the period of time, I have experieced the reality of this simple adage.Whenever I am down, this adage resonates in my ears, and gives me strength to “walk on“.
Second one was by a colleague from my earlier job, whom I admire and respect dearly.
He was a Stud, and a person whom you would like to emulate. But his energy levels were simply incomparable. He was Debraj-Da.
I had just started my career, and like all freshers had fanciful ideas of work. When confronted with roadside stuff, I was really sad that this is not the kind of work for which
I did my engineering.
One day over a bottle of beer, I spilled it out to Debraj-Da.
He consoled me first of all, but told me sthg which was really big.
He told, “Agar koi tumhe raaste par pada ek pathar bhi hatane ko kahe, to aise hatao, ki log kahe ki kya kaam kiya hai.” (If someone asks you to even remove a stone lying on the road(in effect ask you 2 do a lowly or silly work), do it in such a fashion that ppl are made to notice and applaud you even for such a silly work).
These simple words had a lot of effect on me as a person, and I developed an attitude where I dont say no to any damn work. This attitude not only helps one in personal life, but is esp. effective in professional world.One is not always confronted with quality work in office, and also neither one is not made to do lowly work in their own life. So, keeping
such words in mind surely helps.And these two adage wud surely stick with me life-long.
I was thinking of any more such adages that have touched me in life, but as of now, I could recollect only these two. Wud definitely append this post, once I come across sthg as big.
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P.S. To my readers: I was badly tied up last few weeks. Wud surely try 2 keep the blog updated regularly.
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@arpz
The two quotes though point towards karma in general, but hit upon diff. teachings. The one in the post points to doing whtever comes the way, sincerely; while the one by you stresses on not to think of results while doing sthg.
dont they say - simplest things are d most beautiful ones.
good post !!
Good post brother! I liked the second adage. Me being a female it happens a lot of times when you have to do stuff you don’t really like to do either at office or at home…For example, you have had a very hectic day at office and when you are back home you have to clean the house too 
but the “walk on” attitude is good for your life and health too…karma karte raho…the other day my office collegue Sanjay was telling me “there is no other thing worthwhile than work in life and the fact that you should keep yourself busy”. I agree with that. This provides stability to your personality and calmness to your mind.
@ Charu: Thanks sis.
Very correct in whtevr u said.But I feel these adages are generic, and gender doesn’t play much role.
But of course in India, females have to share that extra burden of managing homes.But wht abt bachelors like me??
We have to manage evrythg from office 2 home.I think even for married men, the responsibility doesn’t end the moment they enter home.
The best attitude is to keep working on whtevr one gets,without cribbing;go forward to take the responsibility head-on.My exp says such an attitude pays, whether at work or at personal level.
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“agar tumhe koi ………” aahh ! ( no other words , cos I really cant think of anything else to say) but yes , this definetly is a what a dear friend of mine has also said “karmanyevadhikraste …..”
Comment by arpz 10.31.06 @ 5:47 am