Today, I felt like writing about all the different kinds of people I have come across in my life..and the changes in me(I'm no BIG shot to be talked about!).As a kid i was greatly influenced my baba and till date he is the greatest influence, in my life.My Baba being the simplest, kindest and innocent(est!)guy I have come across i beleived be good to everyone and everyone will be good to you.But life was quite contrary to this...there are bullys, bossy guys, morons, jealous, malicious, know it all types, weird, psycho and every other type except good guys, ALSO.
During school and college days, there weren't many fellow classmates who left me perplexed.My vocabulary of swear words burgeoned as i entered the corporate world.It is truely amazing how each person percieves things.Lots and lots of bullies who took the credit away for what i did...but i still beleived being good to them, i will be able to change them just like the triumph of good over evil a La Ramayan style.Although, I knew my stuff right and better than most guys i kept quite during meetings assuming my boss to read my mind.But alas, that never happened.Made me wonder..my baba's be good and everyone will be good to you-does it actually work?No it does not, not always, not in these times of cut throat competition.Not that you have to be a bully yourself but one requires tact.So i got it right i needed to be tactful...no that alone didnt work.I had friends who were extremely pally when there was no common interest involved but otherwise they showed me their demonous side and i gaped open mouthed...was that my friend back stabbing me?My misunderstanding(i thought)..he is so caring, only numerous such misunderstandings(in my mind) confirmed that no there are these kind of people who act friendly but backstab you.
Now trotted along into my life the know it all kind of people.Anything that I was doing, they had done it already and in a much better way..so i learnt to steer clearly away from such people.There were ofcourse the sinister people who never made an effort to hide their intentions.Then there were people who(in my vocabulary are non living things)are alive because they are not dead.The sycophants...if you are not grounded you maybe buy their story and start building castles in the air.
My encounter with all these kind of people has left me wiser.If they had not walked into my life i would still be my coy self...waiting things to fall into my lap.Yes, My baba is right be good, sincerity pays but along with being good one needs to be tactful, alert and protect onself.I matter(atleast to myself).
Just when i had categorized all the above type of (BAD) people along came another breed...they are polite, friendly, helpful, rude, jingoistic depending on their temperament of the day(just like today's special menu).I am not able to fit them into any category that i have defined, in my mind because they are not constant!
All the above types of people alone would have left me empty but my 3 year old kiddo, my husband, my baba and my friends make my life wholesome and help me keep my head over my shoulders(just like everyone else's!!!).
No comments:
Post a Comment