Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Lessons learnt ...

My father always said 2 things from the time when I was a kid.
(1) Never take money from anybody, even if the person is very close to you. Because most of the times it happens that the person who gives you the money reminds you the fact that you have taken money from him/her. He/she will humiliate you / let you down by saying that you have taken financial help from him/her.

(2) Where ever you reach in your life, no matter how successful, rich you become, always remember the place where you were in the beginning. You should never insult or treat a person badly who is working at a junior level because once you were also at the same place. You should always be humble and never forget your roots, your parents, your friends, people close to you who love you because even if you become the most successful person in the world, you need people to share your happiness with. Everything is useless if you do not have people who care for you when you are at the peak.

I am more of a papa's daughter. Although we have differences on various issues but he is my idol from the childhood and will always be. He has always been a "Man of principles" and have inculcated very good values in me like self-respect,courage to struggle, determination, sincerity, honesty. He has followed his given 2 important points in life religiously. The reason for mentioning the above 2 points is that I followed both his advise till few months ago. The second point I follow till now and will continue doing so. However few months back I did commit a blunder. One of my very closest friends did some spending for me on his own. I never asked him to do so. In fact I asked him not to do it. But he insisted doing so and he did. But as my father said, no matter how close that person be, he/she will always humiliate you by giving you the account of the money being spent. Same thing happened to me. I just did not know how to react to this when that person yelled at me saying he has wasted his money on me. Mind you he is one of the closest persons in my life. :)

This proves that I was such a fool to forget what my father taught me. I believed a person whom I knew for few months and forgot the teaching of the person who gave birth to me, who loves me sooo much and made me what I am today and does whatever it takes to fulfill my wishes.

I also had friends for whom I was very precious. I was with them when they needed me the most, in their grief, during their happiness, whenever they needed help. One of these friends even said "his life is incomplete without me". Today he is at a very prestigious position in his life (credit goes to his talent, hard work and dedication) but then there is no time for me. He does not feel like talking to me. He does not feel anything about me, he said.

Don't ask me what did I do when I heard this thing from his mouth....any guesses ??????

I just laughed....laughed aloud.
And then they say, they are my friends....
Do they even know what is friendship ???? :)

I cried in my room silently but then it does not matter....isn't it ????

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