....contd....
“It’s actually very simple thing” I answered.
“And yet good enough to amuse you and confuse you
simultaneously” She enquired.
“No, it’s just that I’ve seen you enjoy so much of
success, admiration and respect and here you are calmly doing the mundane
routine as if it were the most important work in the world. Anybody looking at
you now could never imagine you being so knowledgeable. How can you be same at
both the places? And yet not let the impact of one area of your life effect the
other?” I blurted. I didn’t know if I had put it across correctly. But, I
didn’t know to put it any other way too!
“The electricity that passes through the tube light
is the same as the one that passes through the zero watt bulb. Yet, the
electricity doesn’t feel great when it is flashing through tube light or feels
little when expressing through the zero-watt bulb. Just like that, every role
in the life has a place and purpose. We play it according to its requirement
.Nothing more nothing less. So where’s the question of being great or little?
My role doesn’t define me. My work doesn’t define “who I am” it just allows me
to express how I wish to play that particular role in my life. That’s all every
role that I play be it a teacher, friend, cook, writer etc like just reflect
one aspect of my potential and personality. I am more that sum total of all the
roles I play. I know this and hence don’t find myself forced to fit into the
image of any one of my roles and therefore, am not bound by the roles I play.
My roles don’t define me. I define my role”.
She completed with a smile of
mischief in her eyes. She meant more than what she has said. As usual, I didn’t
get completely of what she said. So, getting the unsaid was next to impossible,
and just few minutes before I thought I knew her I laughed at my audacity.
My guru went
to attend the phone that she received and I sat there trying to understand all
that she said so casually and left. Someday, I hope to fathom her words but for
now I took her leave with a gesture. I needed to go through her words slowly
again and again to understand them and I started to walk my head down.......
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