Art of living with crocodiles
On a day, I was talking to my childhood friend who has the habit of complaining about the darker side of everything. His actions mostly disturb others as he used to talk about improbabilities. Being my childhood friend, I wanted to make him to renounce the attitude and try to look the brighter side as darkness succeeds brightness at the dawn of every day.
All our attempts to change went into vain as water sprinkled on the weeds. He used to say "Everyone is not good and society is not supportive to him and good to others". His opinion about his family is also no different "No one cares me at home. They don't behave properly the way I expect them to behave".His opinion about his office life was pathetic. "My Boss's treatment to me is indifferent and also my colleagues" he used to echo his views. Our failed attempt to change him forced us to talk about his pathetic situation to our Guru. He called him one day.
On the day, he had shown a picture of a pond in which many crocodiles kept their mouths wide open waiting for their preys. "Can you jump into the pond'' asked Guru. Much terrified, "I will never jump into the pond whatever happens?" replied my friend. He took another picture which is an extension of first one in which hippos moving along with Crocodiles. Guru wanted to know the reasons from my friend "how hippos live in the same pond when you don't dare to do" Much confused, my friend did not have answer and kept silent for a long time in search of possible answers.
Breaking the silence, Guru continued
" My dear friend, any environment will never be to our liking. We have to like them. The hippos live in the same pond along with Crocodiles for life. They never complain about the other friends which eat every passing prey. They understood the psychology of their living companions as it is a question of their life. Complaining is not a solution, you need to change and understand the psychology of others and swim along with the current and not against. If you can do so, your life will be blissful" Guru explained a life story with ease and precise.
Relieved from his stress, my friend started moving along with us towards a new dawn in his life.
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