Preaching is easy!

Have you come across a situation like this in your life?

When I was in Muscat in Sultanate of Oman, I saw this colleague of mine Mr. Patil wearing a very good format shirt on a Friday (which is a national holiday there). I was surprised, so I asked him, ‘why a formal shirt on a Friday? This is a good one for office, especially since you are customer facing, why don’t you wear it to the office?’

His reply surprised me. ‘First time when I wore this shirt to the office, I got banged by my boss. So...’ he drifted off.

Oho! That means he has a complex developed about that particular shirt. if he wears it to the office, he will face some problem with the boss.

Give a dog a bad name and hang it!

Isn’t it funny that people can relate their life situations to the shirt they are wearing?

I have seen people who change the brand of their shaving cream will use it first time on a Sunday or a holiday. Any situation outside the office is faceable!

I have seen ladies not wearing a specific sari since they have undergone some sort of torture, could be physical or mental, when they wore it for the first time.

This is purely imaginary. But try to tell it to the person who has undergone a torture like this... he/she would not agree if you say that the dress we wear, the shaving cream we use have no bearing on the happenings in our lives.  The result of our actions would be the reactions what we face. Newton has formulated the third law of motion – For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction – long ago; and it is true in almost all the cases.

There is another defeatist expression when things go wrong. We say ‘That was not in my hands.  It is destiny or fate’ depending on whether the result is positive or negative!

But still, thinking that a thing on your body – shirt, sari or shaving cream – will harm your day or topples your apple cart of happiness, is not very encouraging.

After all, how can a thing, an inane one at that would make you miserable?

I do not agree (well, almost!) that it can harm!

By the way, this watch of mine, a copper model looking like an antique, which was a permanent fixture on my wrist all these days, my lucky charm (I feel so!) – fell down and stopped working due to the shock of the fall!

I felt very uncomfortable to wear some other watch. I am really missing my watch. I do sincerely hope that my day would be very smooth and nice as it was when I was wearing my copper watch!

Talk about preaching and practicing J