I recently found myself complaining that my job is so thankless. I can't remember the last time someone said 'Thank you' to me at work. It makes me feel so worthless. Then, suddenly, I caught myself and explained: But they pay you, right?
Now that I think about it - aren't all jobs thankless? No one says 'Thank You' anymore. They pay you for it instead. And at the same time, I can't recall the last time I said 'Thank You' to my mom! Or my dad! Or Amma, dadaji, nani! Oh damn! As soon as I complaining about the nature of things, I know something is wrong with me.
While we are at it, I have fallen in love with the phrase - the nature of things. I find myself using it often. It's from Gita.There is the act, the agent of action and the result of action. The agent of action is a mere player in the grand scheme of things, because the result of action is not in his control. The act is the most important thing and my understanding of Gita is that the act takes care of itself. Whatever is destined to happen, will happen. Whatever is destined to not happen, is not going to happen. Now-a-days, whenever I find myself complaining, another thing I remind myself is that no one is at fault, it's the nature of things.
Once you accept the fact that it is indeed the nature of things, I think you have a choice - you will smile and play the part that you suddenly find yourself caught in the middle of, or you will frown.. Putting aside the number of muscles involved and what-not, the act will take care of itself, whether you smile or frown. The choice is yours.
Hmm, what was I writing about??? Ah damn, you stream of consciousness. You come uninvited and interrupt while I am working on my blog post!
Now that I think about it - aren't all jobs thankless? No one says 'Thank You' anymore. They pay you for it instead. And at the same time, I can't recall the last time I said 'Thank You' to my mom! Or my dad! Or Amma, dadaji, nani! Oh damn! As soon as I complaining about the nature of things, I know something is wrong with me.
While we are at it, I have fallen in love with the phrase - the nature of things. I find myself using it often. It's from Gita.There is the act, the agent of action and the result of action. The agent of action is a mere player in the grand scheme of things, because the result of action is not in his control. The act is the most important thing and my understanding of Gita is that the act takes care of itself. Whatever is destined to happen, will happen. Whatever is destined to not happen, is not going to happen. Now-a-days, whenever I find myself complaining, another thing I remind myself is that no one is at fault, it's the nature of things.
Once you accept the fact that it is indeed the nature of things, I think you have a choice - you will smile and play the part that you suddenly find yourself caught in the middle of, or you will frown.. Putting aside the number of muscles involved and what-not, the act will take care of itself, whether you smile or frown. The choice is yours.
Hmm, what was I writing about??? Ah damn, you stream of consciousness. You come uninvited and interrupt while I am working on my blog post!
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