Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Different Kinds of people I Interact with


People

We meet different kinds of people in our day-to-day life. Take for instance the person who comes to clean the house...maid, domestic help whatever we call her.... we treat that person as a nameless, faceless entity & only realize their worth when they don`t come for a a single day.  

When we go to the market for veggies we meet different kinds of people. Rude, obnoxious people combined with polite and pleasant people. Polite people are few & far between nowadays. In our day to day dealings we come across more & more obnoxious people. These people are ready to criticize you but then there are good people who will go out of their way to assist you in difficult situations.

There`s a lady from whom i buy fresh flowers everyday. She`s abusive and horribly rude... or so it appears to people. One day i spoke to her like i would with another human being & voila i realized that she`s human after all :) another flower-seller is deaf & it`s tough when you have to use signals to tell her what you want. Most of the time i say something & she understands something else....something different from the original request. 

Another interesting person I meet on a daily basis is a Buffalo. No No, not an animal....a person. This is humorous indeed. The person in question resembles a buffalo so we refer to him in this context. Till date we don`t know his name. He is a nice, affable person but a buffalo nevertheless. He is a skilled salesman... he can even sell a comb to a bald person.. his remarkable selling skills of things you don`t really need notwithstanding he is a nice person & someone i look forward to conversing with on a daily basis.



Our neighbors are supposed to be our Saviors during distress.. are they really? or are they more interested in finding out what is happening in your life...who`s dating who, who`s not getting married & why... yes they are helpful at times but then they are too interfering most of the time. .

We meet lots of interesting and not-so-interesting people in our day-to-day life. Some we have to tolerate, some we don`t... i think the best way to conclude is to state that God made relatives, thank God we can choose our friends :)  

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Satisfaction

People seek satisfaction in strange places. Some of us are not satisfied regardless of what comes our way. Ambitious people are not satisfied easily while placid ones(sorry fr the expression) are easily happy. 

When you look at children they are happy unconditionally. Give them a toffee or a chocolate & voila, they are in seventh heaven. Why don`t we feel the same way? I am not referring to material possessions which anyway will not give you lasting only momentary happiness. 

Maybe happiness & satisfaction are two dissimilar elements. Maybe we are happy but not satisfied and vice-versa. Maybe Satisfaction is the sole domain of spiritual people. After all, they are the only ones who are happy with life....satisfied.