Shiva’s Mind Inspirations - Me Being Myself

All of a sudden, a loud thump and I knew there was something wrong about the sound. I guessed right. I poked my head through the busy and curious people gathered on my floor, and saw to my dismay that the transformer delivering power to my office had gone ‘kapoot’. Oops, why now? I was in the midst of writing an important proposal for my boss. But then remembered, “we have a generator, Yipeee”. With a sigh of relief, I headed towards my cabin, sat down and started typing away to glory. Its always wonderful to not be able to stop writing something new and creative. Especially true when the words don’t seem to stop. Such moments are always my ‘Eureka Moments’- true moments on innovation and satisfaction.

 

Although there is a generator, it works on half-load and hence the air conditioner is turned off. My friends decided to take a breather and headed to the pantry. I wasn’t even aware of the silence brought about by their disappearance. I churned out 3-4 pages and a few high level diagrams and boy! was I happy. I knew I did not have to correct much. I proof-read thoroughly, refined a few lines, and it was ready to be shipped.

 

Zip Zoom…off the email with the write up went. I was done with my work and suddenly I felt the silence around me. I was quite amused to not find anyone on the floor. I walked to the pantry to get myself a cup of good tea and there they were, busy having coffee and some good old “talk of the nation”-types conversation.

 

I asked my friends where they had been, and got the reply that they had been here for more than an hour. “Wow, an hour?”, I thought. I remembered the transformer short circuit but dint quite remember what happened after that. “Yes, Yes, Yes”, I heard them from somewhere. A few minutes of introspection and I realized, I had been so deep into the write-up that my heart, mind and soul shut everything external to their respective zones.

 

I was involved in the writing. A small act that constituted the day’s work.

 

Now, that I had time to think, a number of questions started pouring.

• What does it take to do everything with the same amount of involvement?
• Is it possible at all?
• If I have ‘N’ number of tasks in day, can I do that all with the same intensity?

 

Ahhhh…..and again I heard, “Yes, Yes, Yes”. “You need to love what you do because that is only present, where there is only present then nothing else can interrupt you”.

 

Every hour in your busy day can be quiet if we love our work and enjoy each task given. Being quiet is not about silence, but it is the calmness amidst the chaos of what is going around you.

 

 

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