Cockroach Theory

 

A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai - an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global Head Google Chrome:

The cockroach theory for self development
     
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and  sat on a lady. 

She started screaming out of fear. 

With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.

The lady 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 forward to their rescue.

In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt.

When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach  responsible for their histrionic behavior?

If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?

He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.

It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.

Lessons learnt from the story:

I understood, I should not react in life.
I should always respond.

The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.

A beautiful way to understand............LIFE.

Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life..

He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!,,,,,,,


Regards,
Esther

Awesome post must read

How a son/daughter thinks of his/her father at different age.....

At 6 years....:My Dad is great!

At 8 years....:My Daddy knows everything.

At 12 years.....: My Daddy is good but he is short tempered.

At 14 years....: My Daddy was nice to me when I was young.

At 18 years.....: My Daddy is not in line with the current times. Frankly he does not know anything.

At 20 years...: My Daddy is becoming increasingly cranky and unreasonable.

At 23 years....: Oh! It is becoming difficult to tolerate Daddy! Wonder how Mother puts up with him!

At 25 years...: Daddy is objecting to everything.. Don't know when will he understand the world.

At 32 years...: It is becoming difficult to manage my son! I used to be so scared of my Dad when I was young...

At 40 years...: Daddy brought me up with so much discipline.. I wonder how he managed to handle the younger generation!..

At 45 years....: I am baffled as to how my Daddy brought us up..

At 50 years...: My Daddy faced so many hardship to bring us up...(we were 3 brothers and 2 sisters) I am unable to manage a single child!

At 55 years...: My Daddy was so far sighted and planned so many things for us. Even at this old age, he is able to control things. He is one of his kind and unique.

At last...: ' My Daddy was great!

Don't take so many years.....Realize it on time...

Education is not a Name of Any Degree or Certificate that can be shown to others as a Proof ...

But ...

Education is the name of Our Attitude, Actions, Language , Behavior & Personality with Others in Real Life ... !!

And thus it is Rightly said that ...

To be Born with a Personality is a Gift from your Parents ...

But ...

To Die as a Personality is an Achievement of your Own and a Return Gift to your Parents ... !!

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey.

This story is about a beautiful, expensively dressed lady who complained to her psychiatrist that she felt that her whole life was empty, it had no meaning.

So, the lady went to visit a counselor to seek out happiness.

The counselor called over the old lady who cleaned the office floors.

The counselor then said to the rich lady "I'm going to ask Mary here to tell u how she found happiness. All I want u to do is listen to her."

So the old lady put down her broom and sat on a chair and told her story:

"Well, my husband died of malaria and three months later my only son was killed by a car. I had nobody. I had nothing left. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I never smiled at anyone, I even thought of taking my own life. Then one evening a little kitten followed me home from work. Somehow I felt sorry for that kitten. It was cold outside, so I decided to let the kitten in. I got some milk, and the kitten licked the plate clean. Then it purred and rubbed against my leg and, for the first time in months, I smiled.

Then I stopped to think, if helping a little kitten could make me smile, may be doing something for people could make me happy.

So, the next day I baked some biscuits and took them to a neighbor who was sick in bed.

Every day I tried to do something nice for someone. It made me so happy to see them happy.

Today, I don't know of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do. I've found happiness, by giving it to others."

When she heard this, the rich lady cried. She had everything that money could buy, but she had lost the things which money cannot buy.

"The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are; but on how happy others can be because of you..."

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. 

Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. 

Happiness is not dependency, it is a decision. 

Regards,
ESTHER

Humanization-upgrade it!!

A Lady asks: "How much do you sell your eggs for?"The old vendor replies "0.50 ¢ an egg, madam" .The Lady says, I'll take 6 eggs for $2.50 or I'm leaving.  The old salesman replies  Buy them at the price you want, Madam. This is a good start for me because I haven't sold a single egg today and I need this to live.  She bought her eggs at a bargain price and left with the feeling that she had won.  She got into her fancy car and went to a fancy restaurant with her friend.  She and her friend ordered what they wanted. They ate a little and left a lot of what they had asked for.  So they paid the bill, which was $150. The ladies gave $200 and told the fancy restaurant owner to keep the change as a tip...

This story might seem quite normal to the owner of the fancy restaurant, but very unfair to the egg seller...

The question it raises is:

Why do we always need to show that we have power when we buy from the needy? 

And why are we generous to those who don't even need our generosity?

 I once read this somewhere ,that a father used to buy goods from poor people at high prices, even though he didn't need the things. Sometimes he paid more for them. I was amazed. One day I asked him "why are you doing this dad?" Then my father replied: "It's charity wrapped in dignity, son."

Then this message of attempted "humanisation" will have gone one step further... in the right direction...

Love,
Esther