“Hey Dan, can you excuse me for a
minute? I forgot to bring my The Dark
Knight Rises ticket. It won’t take very long,” Stan requested me. Just when
my most awaited film is few minutes away, I have to entertain his request just
for his own sake. His annoying and unforgivable act of handicapping peers’ precious
time makes me wonder how many of us just do the same thing over the pretense of
some lame excuses.
Although we are generous to
consider these people’s plea, it is insane for us to continue with our usual
outlook on the scenario and persuade ourselves to move on. Bur, if we take a
look at the daily similar cases, the total amount of time spent between
approving the annoying request and the apology that we receive afterwards is not
to be taken for granted. Imagine the number of works that we had put for some
time later to do like standing on the queue for my show, washing the leftover
utensils or pondering over ideas to create a perfect blog can instead be commenced,
if not completed, with the amount of wasted time that we had dedicated for
displaying our generosity. Even a waste of fifteen minutes a day can force us
regret the decision that we gladly entertained.
It is superficial to ponder upon
the significance of lost time when we encounter such situations. It is
necessary to be rationally conscious about the way things are progressing in
our life as this subtle step can make a tangible difference in our outlook of
life. It also has a culminating effect in improving the efficiency of other
daily activities.
But why is it that we can’t just
get over the thought of not waiting for the person as it is for our own sake?
Why don’t we have even a faint confidence that the person will allow us to
carry on with what we had planned to achieve and will have no hard feelings if
we reject the offer? For me, it appears that we have lost control over our
senses and have the generous inducing parasite feeding on our consciousness to
erase the necessary selfishness that I believe must have been activated at the very
instant. We should not let others take away our fragments of life just because
we don’t want to hurt their feelings.
Let me remind you: Have you ever
thought if the reverse was also true? That the person requesting us to wait has
weighed the compromises that we have to make if we allowed him to return as
quickly as possible. Let us not forget to live our life in our own way. Do not
worry about the selfishness that will take you over in declining to wait for him
when instead generosity should have sprouted.
It is not a thing to regret about
for the compromise has been made for our own sake although we gave the other
person ample amount of time to realize how his trite requests have a direct
impact in our life management. That is the best piece of advice that I can
give.
Enjoy your life living in your own way! You will have less regret to make
that way.
0 comments:
Post a Comment