Eureka!!!

People always amused me when they said "Lemme think". This would be succeeded by a series of events - pick up a newspaper/ archies and SLAM, lock themselves in the bathroom! Kinda weird, isn't it? I did ponder upon the relation between a loo and human brain. I did come up with some pretty eldritch conclusions (which for the benefit of readers shall not be delved upon!) Coming to think of it, there is a bizarre simulation of human brain when it is relaxed! (so get the cue!)

Archimedes came up with his principle coz of his experience in the bath tub! If it works for him, it should work for me too!!!

I stomp off into the uber - clean rest room, expecting some mental stimulation! (humour, bordering sarcasm intended!)

OMG! What is wrong with these ladies! Are you praying inside??? (yaa.. no prizes for guessing – I was in queue! Aarrghhh)

Any other day I would’ve promptly excused myself from there and rush to the other place. But looking at how fantastic my day had been (sarcasm dripping), I decided to stay back! (The last thing you would wanna do is shuttle between 2 holy places!!!)

To my surprise I got my turn within seconds!!! (Sounds corny.. I know!) Now I understand why people get brain waves! Although its more circumstantial than pertaining to the place! After all you gotta do when you gotta do!!! (I am on a roll now, aren’t I?)

Now, coming back to my brainwave, which by the way, is the subject of this post. (hard to believe right?) I was acquainted with the most important virtues mankind needs to develop – PATIENCE!

I think it’s the MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUE, coz more than half of the problems which we encounter in our daily lives can be resolved by just being patient.

 Few days back, I felt really sore. My life was stagnant and I was sure as hell going nowhere. I got restless. If there’s something that I haven’t got, its gotta be the “Midas touch”, I thought!! Anything I touch wanes away to obscurity. The saying “opportunities always look bigger going, than coming” fits me to the bill!

What did I do wrong?, I ask myself.

Wasn’t I there in the right place at the right time? There is no such thing as the right time! Next reason!!

Didn’t I interact with the right people? Right people, what kind are those!!

Didn’t I do the right things? Ahaa.. Finally, now we’re talking!!

All my life, I’ve hated waiting for things. I’ve always wanted to make things happen. But, I was oblivious of how to make them happen; I had no other option but to wait. Since, I have already established how tarnished my “waiting” skills are, need I explain about the disastrous outcomes of my wait??? My impatience has done nothing but enhance a certain suicidal tendencies!!

I was just out of college, working as an Associate Software Engineer in a top class MNC. And guess what? I was already day dreaming of becoming an Executive! I happened to tell a Senior manager, I wanna be seated at the head of the table, like you are right now. I wanna play your role. Thinking about it now, it sounds so very much like ME! Highly restless, wants everything and doing nothing to get it! And finally when I decide to act on things, I lose interest! I am not willing to wait for my hard work to pay off!

The only thing that prevents me from losing hope, is that I know I am not alone! How many times has your lack of patience been the cause of any of these - you boarding a super crowded bus, having an ugly show-down with an auto driver, giving your boss a piece of your mind, receiving his piece of mind in form of your appraisals!!,losing an opportunity coz you grew tired of waiting, losing someone close to you coz you gave up on them a little too early.

Remember all you restless souls – Patience and time are the two most powerful weapons! Infinite patience brings immediate results.

P.S : “Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.” (ripped it off the internet!)