The Scurry Life

Hello Guys!!

Yes! You read it right! It is ‘The Scurry Life’. And no! This article has nothing to do with curry or anything edible for that matter.

I am sure you should be puzzled!!

Life is droning us down no end!! IDI9’s are not here to advice – yea true! But why not share thoughts and learn from them??? It’s the driving force that has made me pen down this article.  

I read an article yesterday, which was forwarded to me. It read: “How to start a brand new fresh day”.

The content goes in steps:

Step 1: Create a file named “BOSS”.

Step 2: Work on the file and save the file onto your desktop.

Step 3: Move BOSS.doc into the “Recycle bin”.

Step 4: Empty Recycle bin.

Step 5: Boss is now deleted.

Step 6: Start your day with a happy event J

I started laughing aloud on reading this and forwarded the link to many. Only then I realized how much people are stressed and irritated. I am sure many of us hate Monday Mornings. I have seen many looking at the floor numbers in the lift with a sad curve. Guess most of us forgot a beautiful curve on our face which can set many things straight. None wishes me Good mornings neither do I.

I always heard my friends complaining about their Bosses. Whenever I hear them complaining I thought it’s a Boss attitude. But when given a deeper thought the fingers pin point at us. “OMG! I did nothing other than my duty still I get fired and he always yells at me in front of so many freshers. Uhhh!! This company sucks. They don’t deserve my work efficiency.” This is a regular dialogue I hear from my friends. How many of us say this. Have we ever given a thought on what we do??

Let’s relax for some time.

All our problems start from a very important place which is our Home sweet home J

Lemme tell you guys a story that happened in a nuclear family in Chennai. Our hero is the DAD, heroine is the MOM and of course they had a little star who is their ten year old SON. Both parents are working. It’s a healthy and a wealthy family. Our hero is a Marketing professional. One fine day our hero was supposed to reach office by 9am sharp for an important client meet to close the deal. Let’s see what happens in their house from morning 7.05am today.

7.05am:

Our hero forgets that he was supposed to reach office early and over slept. He looks at his Alarm to snooze it. But it shows 7.05am. He jumps out of his bed, rushes to his bath room and decks himself with his new white shirt in an official suite for the meet. Our hero leaves his briefcase which has the document and rushes to the dining hall for his breakfast. Our heroine has prepared a healthy breakfast with hot Idlies and sambar. The kid tries to rotate the table for his milk but he over rotates it and the sambar spills over the dad’s nice white shirt. Oops!!!!

Guys what do you think would have happened there??

I know IDI9 readers are smartJ.  The dad reacted immediately for the kid’s behavior and yes the poor mom was also shattered. After a series of reaction, dad went up changed his shirt and he still dint notice his briefcase was lying upstairs.  After being shattered by his dad, the kid started howling and missed his school bus. Having no other way dad drove his car at a very high speed, dropped his son and reached office by 9.30. Only then he realizes his brief case with all important papers was missing!!!

I am sure everybody should be thinking of similar incidents that have happened in your family.

Now let’s go back to 7.05am again, imagine how the day would be when this had happened.

7.05am today,

Dad wakes up and realizes that he over slept. He accepts that he is late but just works faster.  He wears his new white shirt, decks in his official suite and rushes for his breakfast leaving his brief case upstairs. Here again the kid rotates the table for his milk and sambar spills over his shirt.

Now for the twist:

The kid gets frightened that dad would scold and starts crying. But the dad remains calm and pacifies him. He goes upstairs, changes his shirt and notices his briefcase. He takes the important files and comes down. The kid is waiting to kiss his dad and leaves to school. The dad starts from home with a peaceful mind and reaches office on time. He successfully clinches the business deal.

It is said that 75% of incidents that happens in our life is due to our reaction for all the events that happened before. Let’s try to accept that we have got problems and then try finding solutions to them instead of reacting immediately.

Now… time for your comments to pour in! Hey, c’mon… These reactions can be immediate folks! (wink)