21st May 2012
`If you are going to panic, panic constructively'
Anonymous
| The Cockroach Approach – A Lesson on Self Development At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. She started jumping, desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. She finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed to their rescue and the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. He grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant. Think: did the cockroach cause histrionic behavior? If so, why was the waiter not disturbed? It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the cockroach that disturbed the ladies. It's not the traffic jams on the road, but it is our inability to handle the disturbance that disturbs us. More than the problem isn't our reaction to the problem that creates chaos in our life? Don't react, but respond in a mature way. Reactions are instinctive. We have to intelligently respond to save a situation from going out of hands, to avoid cracks in relationship, to avoid taking decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or hurry. (Courtesy: Mr. M.U. Subramanian) N C Sridharan 0000 |
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