Thursday, November 14, 2019

Universe's way of helping me

It appears like Medium, Google and Quora knows about my present situation, much better than I, myself. I keep getting article recommendation. Sometimes, the article appears like it was written for me, exclusively. I went through plenty of those, and it is one of the reason why I was able to bounce back to positive side of things.
One such article titled,
This had practical lessons to find purpose in life. How to go about after finding the purpose. The article talks nicely what not to do.
For example, the dangers of positive thinking without action - it is like just dreaming. Of course, positive thinking takes us out of depression, but later inaction will impact negatively much deeper.
Finally it ends by saying, Cultivate your garden, which is the best of the whole article.

Elsewhere I read, more and more such articles are published everyday because world is not longer a peaceful place as it used to be!!

Prejudice and judging

I generally have a prejudiced notion that all auto rickshaw drivers are rude. May be most of them are.
Few days ago, it was night and I was at Banashankari looking for a transportation to reach home. None of the app based modes available after trying for some time. Then and auto came, I asked if he will come to my area. There was a very soft touch in his voice when he asked if I can give Rs 20 extra on the meter. I couldn't say no, the manner in which the driver asked for it was extremely polite and there was no hint of demand at all.
I agreed and when we started, I generally started some conversation on the road conditions and general topic. The driver was so knowledgeable, he had studied in college, perhaps he had chosen this profession due to a lot of factors. There was no sign of arrogance in his driving or his talks. This incident made me rethink my prejudice about auto drivers and in general any type of people.
There are different types of people who have chosen a profession because of lot of constraints. We can't have a general opinion about a profession. Each individual is different.
I hope this incident brought out a slightly better version of myself.