Let Go!

During my trip planning to Europe I wanted to make everything perfect and did have a perfect start. The attractive airline fare advanced the trip by three months and my boss was kind enough to permit another vacation in first half of the year. WOW! May God bless you too, with such a boss.

Preparation started. I started browsing Tripadvisor more religiously than I do Bhagwat Geeta and very soon the hotels were booked. Of course I managed to get best deals everywhere.

Visas arrived, that too well in time. My dinar power felt another punch with fall of Euro at the peak of Greek Crisis.

Just before the day I flew, I got some Dinars exchanged to Swiss Francs. The money exchange I’m loyal to, offered me best rate and I blindly bought Francs. Only after returning home, I had realized that I lost close to 40 dollars. That was a good enough to upset me. I made a call to them, the manager profusely apologized, but that was not enough to repair the money lost. I was haunted for days for that loss and the reflection could be seen on my mood. I kept cursing myself.

Then I asked myself- Why am I upset?

I realized that the reason of unhappiness was my super high expectation. I researched everything well, and did get worthy benefit. But, I was expecting even better. And that was adamant to spoil my dream trip.

I stopped and said to myself, “Let go, you can’t get the best deal at all times.” This single sentence made me feel a lot better.

We have so many things to cheer about and mostly we kept counting what we have not. Let Go! is the way to a better living.

Better Than You Think

“I’m sorry, but the company has no choice,” said the Boss fixating his eyes on the table and waited for Siddhant’s response. Siddhant knew there’s no point discussing further because the management had finalized to get rid of him and any reasoning will hold no good.

He was devastated. It was not expected from the person who he’d worked with for last nine years. He felt company had done sheer injustice to him and his boss was the first person to blame as he could count the people having poorer performance (who he thought) still not laid-off. He was diving deep in the sea of negativity while driving back home in Honda Accord. Before he pressed the brake pedal, he had jumped the red light and saw a policeman waiving at him to stop. He parked the car aside, cursed his fate, walked to policeman, paid 500 rupees and collected the penalty receipt without uttering a word and rushed back to his car.

He inserted the key to start the car and zoom off showing that the only way to disrespect the policeman. Little he had realized that he forgotten to collect license from the policeman. He abused the person driving slow in front of him and snaked fast to get ahead and pressed the accelerator hard to relieve his stress. His Boss’ statement was echoing in his head, oblivious of the fact that he had crossed the speed limit long back until the camera flashed against his face and he slowed down blaming the God. He had just got another jolt worth 500 rupees. The ring on his mobile distracted his attention and realizing this being the call from his boss, he had good enough reason not to attend. He was desperate and had a feeling that entire world is conspiring against him.

He parked the car, went to his apartment, guzzled a drink, turned his mobile phone to silent and went off to sleep. When he got up late next morning, found 22 missed calls and the message icon blinking on his mobile. He opened the message which read:

I hv spkn 2 Tushar 8 HDFC n
he hs agreed 2 keep u as Sales Mgr.
Cl him at 99261534 asap.

Boss

Then, he turned to missed call and realized that the caller was none other than the man he'd thought of.

Now, his perception towards boss had taken 360 degree turn. Yesterday, who he considered the conspirator suddenly turned into an angel. In the middle of this financial crisis, he had another, better job in hand.

You too must have had a few face-hiding experiences like Siddhant’s. Mostly in life our mind intends to run unilaterally. Usually when obsessed with negativity, our mind architects thousands of negative castles to justify our feeling and we ignore all the good deeds the other person has done to us. Many times it gets so deep that we consider others including God, the conspirator. But, most of the time,the other people and things around are not as bad.

If you take a holistic approach and maintain cool, you will find it Better Than You Think.

It Couldn't be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied;
That "maybe it couldn't" but he would be one,
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin,
On his face. If he worried he hid it;
He started to sing as he tackled the thing,
That couldn't be done, as he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one we know has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle right in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing,
That cannot be done, and you'll do it.

by Edgar Guest