My Plastic Pot of Fishes

My Plastic Pot of Fishes

It was my first day of work and I found something strange!. NOBODY in the office smiled to each other. All faces  looked like they were carrying 100kilo bags of hatred and enemity that prevented them to smile.
I 'm normally a happy go lucky kind of girl. I cherish childhood and by God's blessing I have got a bright smile (Birth Defect may be!). I don't like seeing others gloomy nor do I like to sit myself.
I really felt a lot suffocated adjusting to the new atmosphere of unsmiley and rude faces. I just walked around my cabin area. Moved up some shelves here and there . I found a window which was closed for years with a curtain. I pushed the curtain blinds and Opened up the window  there came in some sunshine and some breeze. On one corner of a cupboard I found a small plastic pot containing 2 small plastic fishes. One colored orange and another blue. I named the orange my name . I filled in some water in the pot. And removed the rusted batteries on the bottom and put new batteries and there...the fishes began to dance in the water. At one glance; anyone would suspect they were live fishes.
And i kept this pot right in front of me.
The light from the window which was closed for ages and the dancing of the fishes brought some happiness and positivity within me.
The office is visited by suppliers and customers daily.
Every one visiting our entrance counter would be awed by this fish and would smile and ask me many questions..
Wow! its so nice ..? How does it work.!
Its so cute..! Where did u purchase it from.?
One day I forgot to turn it on! The Aramex courrier boy who regularly visits our office said to me:: -**Oh!  Mam please turn it On! It looks nice when they are alive and dancing it makes us even feel happy to see them on a tough sunny day. I visit 100's of offices around daily but never have I seen such a beautiful thing.!**** I smiled and replied "sure" and turned it On!

Many of the staffs passing by my cabin started to smile and say wow did we actually have a window over ther??!!!
We have never seen it in our entire lives..
It looks so bright now..!
People started talking smiling whenever they passed by me. I felt good to finally see some smile. Some asked about the fish some about the window.! At least they smiled.

After few months; my boss came out of his cabin and he was searching some documents from a file located beside me.
He said hey you...close that window..you are letting all the flies in!
And he looked at the pot of fishes that were dancing in my table for a moment and he said : It's annoying!!**(those fishes make a tick tock sound).

I was like 😊 and became😢.! I closed the windows and switched off the fishes. They went back to their dead state. And my smile too faded away.....

Now i realized why all the people in this office were looking like bulldog faces.

Because if the person(light) who leads you (manager or management) is bright and  smiling; and  encouraging we can have a ton of  bright ; smiling; positive and energetic followers/team/staff else it will be the other way round!**

LOST IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

A DEEP WELL NAMED THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

                                                             (Inspired by Sadhguru)

Weren’t we all born so HAPPY into this world after nourishing those sweet 9-10 months in our mother’s wombs?  Unfortunately, after that what happened?

We all fell into a deep well named “THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! “

v  From School to College and graduation:  - The biggest happiness was considered scoring the highest grades at school then achieving a good job and earning good figure  salary. STILL NOT!

v  From College to Family: We thought that when we marry and start a family with children; we would be the happiest.  Building a house and buying a car would be the biggest happiness.  We felt we would be complete and totally HAPPY! STILL NOT!

v  Finally when we reached 50s-60s:- We often wished we were young and had a good health like before because lot of money was being spent for the medicines for different ailments like sleep deprivation, psychological issues, diabetes, cholesterol etc.,

SO TO CLIMB THE SO CALLED WELL NAMED THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ----- We all forgot to our day to day lives  and enjoy the little and precious moments spend with our dear and near ones and what not! We even forgot to just turn around and glance at our beautiful mother nature!  Isn’t it weird?

Therefore, there is no stage in life where we will attain 100% happiness and satisfaction as such as!

So let’s climb out of those deep wells!! 

FACT: Ultimate happiness can be achieved only if we learn to live in the moment.

REALITY: The most sophisticated gadget on earth the human minds are synchronized in such a way that it keep repeating the same cycle generations after generations.  Let’s think on how to bring a –change- to at the least the new generation - yet to be born.!

ENLIGHTENMENT - FIRE- POSITIVE ENERGY

In Indian tradition, we normally light a lamp or candle before we start any auspicious events, functions like a new beginning, a marriage function, inaugural function and much more. Apart from a normal cyclic ritual, I never gave it a second thought until yesterday when I saw a Malayalam movie; in which #Renji Panicker# (An Indian journalist, script writer, producer, actor, and director) gives an insight about this topic to a little girl. 

As per VEDAS; FIRE is the strongest among the 5 elements of nature (PANCHABHUTAS – EARTH, WATER, AIR, FIRE AND SKY).When we begin something auspicious; a witness (Sakhshi) is an essential element.  AGNISAKSHI (FIRE IS THE WITNESS). When we light a fire for example a lamp; the lamp reflects YOU and the wick reflects the spark that will enlighten your mind. You will be energized and filled with lots of energy and positivism.

This thought did enlighten me. So I thought to share it ! Have a nice day!