22nd June 2012
`Adversity introduces a man to himself'
Anonymous
There is something to learn from our problems. Our real skill, talent and capacity will be tested when we face a problem. A pilot is not tested when things are normal. Only when he makes an emergency landing, his skills will be put to test.
When you attend an interview, you are asked to explain how you handled a difficult situation. A surgeon relates the most difficult surgeries he has done. The best student is evaluated from the most difficult examination. a drives is at his best in the worst of the traffic and not when he drives on an empty high way.
May be it is a good idea to learn to manage with limited resources and test your hidden capacity. You could surrender some luxuries live a simple life and enjoy. A Managing Director of a huge automobile company used to tell me that we should practice austerity when we have lot of money and not when we have lost everything.
Try to sleep on the floor avoiding bed one day in a week; don't use air conditioner and sleep with ceiling fan one day every month; avoid using your car and use public transport one day every month.
The list can be as rich as your imagination.
N C Sridharan
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