THINK POSITIVE

  By Manoj R. Kodachwad   (Image generated through AI for representation only) It wasn’t a regular class. I was in 8th grade, and school had just begun. But instead of our teacher holding the book, it was our principal standing in front of us, taking a special class - a lesson that, even then, I didn’t realise would change the way I think and see the world.  He asked a simple question: “Where does beauty lie?” What followed was almost funny. Answers came from every corner of the classroom, and many still make me smile today. But none of them were quite right. At the end, he said something that made the room fall silent: “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” We were stunned. How can beauty lie in someone’s eyes? Everyone looked around, confused. And then he explained - each of us finds different things beautiful. What I may see as beautiful might not seem beautiful to someone else. That is why beauty truly lies in the eyes of the beholder. As I grew olde...

Before I share my experience with you, I would like to ask you a question. Take your time to answer this question. Which is the most important profession or job or business in the world? Write down your answer on a piece of paper. The answer to the above question is written in the later part of this blog. Let's see if we both agree.  Here’s my experience. About a month or so, it was quite late at night and I was returning home. I decided to fuel up my vehicle just to avoid long Q in the morning. As I entered the fuel station, there was a car already being fuelled up. As I got closer I heard the attendant and car owner quarreling over something. I couldn’t understand what was that about. The car owner drove off after fuelling and before he left he said to the petrol bunk attendant ‘apni aukaat me rehena’.   Next, as the attendant approached me to fuel my car, I asked him what happened. The attendant said that he requested the owner not to talk over the phone at the fuel s...