Expectations !!!

A little consolation for the battered hearts and the bruised egos, have a look.

A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth. He takes the note and it reads, "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please". The dog has money in its mouth, as well. The butcher looks inside and, lo and behold, there is a ten-dollar note there. So he takes the money and puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, placing it in the dog's mouth. The butcher is so impressed, and since it's about closing time, he decides to shut the shop and follow the dog.

So off he goes. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to a level crossing; the dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the button. Then it waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to turn. They do, and it walks across the road, with the butcher following him all the way. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe as the dog stops a bus by pulling its left leg up and gets in it. The butcher follows the dog into the bus. The dog shows a ticket which is tied to its belt.

The butcher is nearly fainting at this sight, so are the other passengers in the bus. The dog then sits near the driver's seat looking outside waiting for the bus stop to come. As soon as the stop is in sight, the dog stands and wags its tail to inform the conductor. Then, without waiting for the bus to stop completely, it jumps out of the bus and runs to a house very close to the stop.

It opens the big Iron Gate and rushes inside towards the door. As it approaches the wooden door, the dog suddenly changes its mind and heads towards the garden. It goes to the window, and beats its head against it several times, walks back, jumps off, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts abusing the dog, kicking him and punching him, and swearing at him.

The butcher surprised with this, runs up, and stops the guy. "What in heaven's name are you doing? The dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for the life of me!" to which the guy responds: "You call this clever? This is the second time this week that this stupid dog's forgotten his key."

Moral of the Story: You may continue to exceed onlookers' expectations but shall always fall short of the boss' expectations for which you are paid for.

NOTE: I received this as a forwarded mail.

Journey called LIFE...

I always believed on the lines, by Shakespeare, “Life is a stage where everyone has its own part to play.” Before I heard Nishant talking on phone, that “Life is like a local train, where on every other station, we find some new fellow passengers but sometimes we even may have to travel alone, looking only at the trees on either side of the railway tracks….”

Later I started thinking on those lines, I found to an extent this concept applied in my life too. We never plan our lives too many steps ahead; at max we go for two or three steps ahead in future. Here I’ll be metaphorically comparing my life with a local train and I also try to portray the stages in my lives as the stations.

I’ll not go into the details but if I try to go into flashback, the story will begin from my BHS days: I’ve spent 13 long years there, with my friend’s & classmates. Friend’s not only for that period but for lifetime. Memories fade or clear but still present at back of the mind.

Next in the row comes the station named as AKGEC, even though the journey from this station to the next was short in comparison to the previous one. Then too I’ll cherish this beautiful journey throughout my life. Those four years gave me the best companions I could have asked for. This college awarded me with a degree which will always help me in earning my daily bread.

With all the experience I gained throughout these years, it helped in taking to the next station of my journey. All the skills and knowledge which I acquired throughout the years helped me in getting a job. A job in an organization, which is amongst the pioneer in it’s field.

Life was always not as good as I thought it should be, but in any case, I had to continue my journey. As in the case of a local train, many a times I too didn’t found a seat to sit; it happened in my life too, there were problems and many a times I was clueless in finding a solution to them. But I tried to fight and overcome the problems as soon as possible. Even for some of the problems, I’m still trying to find an appropriate solution.

I may be standing in a local train and bearing the pressure from all sides but I should continue to stand at the same location till I find some better place to stand or to sit. The same thing happens in our lives too, we all have many problems but we should continuously try to overcome them.

At some point of time in my life, I always dreamt of becoming a Computer Engineer and then at a later point I had never thought that I’ll be able to become a Computer Engineer or even that I’ll get a job in such a reputed organization. But no one knows what life has for you in his kitty? Life is a mystery which unfolds itself as we carry on with it. So I’m ending at this note; but my journey in life hasn’t ended, but it has just begun !!!

“Some people come into out lives and quickly go
Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts.
And we are never, ever the same.”

Analogy

Analogy: It is not the latest post on my blog but it is a group of write-ups which I’ll be posting under this topic.

Frankly speaking guys, here I’ll try to write what I think or what I have observed throughout these years in my life. My first post in this series will be Journey called LIFE… and the others to follow soon.

The recent post in Analogy series is:

1. Fresher Dulhan