The Cockroach Theory!

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I very much enjoyed this interesting piece. Unfortunately I don't have the author's name.

I hope you find it worthy, It goes like this...

#TheCockroachTheory for #SelfDevelopment

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and  sat on a lady. She started screaming out of #fear.

With a #panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started #jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was #contagious, as everyone in her group also got #panicky.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the #group to continue the #drama.

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, #composed himself & #observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was #confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach  responsible for their histrionic behavior?

If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?

He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.

Lessons learnt from the story:

I understood, I should not #react in life.
I should always #respond.

The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

#Reactions are always #instinctive whereas #responses are always #wellthought of.

A beautiful way to understand #LIFE.

Person who is #HAPPY is not because Everything is #RIGHT in his Life.. He is HAPPY because his #Attitude towards Everything in his Life is #Right..!!

"Wisdom Kicks" by Bruce Lee

We all know the legendary action sequences on the big screen delivered by #BruceLee, the legend had the persona and skill no one ever had. These are some of his life quotations and vision of my personal interest which I like to share with you...

1. “To hell with #circumstances; I create #opportunities.”

2. “A #goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to #aim at.”

3. “Always be yourself, #express yourself, have #faith in yourself; do not go out and look for a successful personality and #duplicate it.”

4. “The key to #immortality is first living a life #worth remembering.”

5. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I #fear the man who has #practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

6. “#Adapt what is useful, #reject what is useless, and #add what is specifically your own.”

7. “If you spend too much time #thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it #done.”

#TrueStory #TrueInspiration #LifeLessons #motivation #improvement #Progress #domination #foodforthought

Food For Thought..

1. "Life is good; It’s just us who mess it up with wrong thoughts, sayings, doings, and most of the time with people."
2. "Don't care what you say or what you do, but they do care what you've to offer. Thats PEOPLE.
   They don't care what you have to offer, but they do care what you say and do. Thats FRIENDS.
   No matter what you say, do or have to offer, you'll always be a part of them. Thats FAMILY."
3. "Kudos to the queen. Knight fights for the honor."
4. "WORK HARD AND MAKE IT FAST - OR - DON'T WORK HARD, JUST PLAY IT SMART."
5. "BE GOOD, AND BE THE HAND OF GOD - OR - STAY BAD AND LIVE LIKE A DOG."
6. "Destiny, Fate, Miracles, and Chances. Maybe you don't create all by yourself but you can destroy all by yourself. They all happen for a reason. Belief, Loyalty, Devotion, and Experience."
7. "No matter how much you prune. "As you sow, so shall you reap."
8. "Steps taken decides destination. It'd be supreme if involves happiness and the divine."
9. "Ironically, we do what we feel right, we make ugly decisions, yet we want a perfect destiny."
10. "Take It. If you can Crunch It."
11. "Love - A sacred promise or a life extinguisher."
12. "Don't justify on a failure when you think you were right at the start."
13. "There are two types of people. Those who make the difference and those who accept that. Be the first one."
14. "You'd know how to save it before you make it."
15. "The one who loves you never leaves you."
16. "Runaways are sky-high, neither did i ever want to flee."
17. "Word you speak shows what you've made of. Actions, define what you really are."
18. "Everyone Hates Me. But, Perhaps, Not Friends. As They're Busy Liking This Statement."
19. "No one helps you to bake your cake but they do want a piece of that."
20. "SMILE, perhaps is an ultimate disguise from all your sorrows. After all, who dig if you're really happy or not."
21. "If you believe yourself, Anything is possible."
22. "Life is as beautiful as much you want it to be. And as horrible as much as you can make it to be."
23. "And when you think it's the end of the game, Life pulls your socks up again."
24. "When right doesn't work, don't go for wrong. Have patience and wait for your turn." 
25. "Wounds are sweet, they drench you in their sweetness and don't let you know while they change you."
26. "Happiness - is in little things."
27. "The only thing which holds you back from happiness, success and faith is YOU." 
28. "Humans are the biggest monster of all."
29. "Its enough, to be happy, that they want to be happy. What they choose as a reason, is up to them."
30. "The one who uses others like clay pots, gets eaten by the dirt of his own." 
31. "The one who treats others like trash, becomes dispensable one day." 
32. "Each helping hand we refuse is nothing but just to make us more helpless. Interestingly, most of the time, we don't even know that we're working so hard for it."
33. "We probably don't share the same past but we do share same mistakes."
34. "Good are better and best are the rest, I am more interested in the enemies which aren't at rest."
35. "World is a beautiful place, if we let it be." 
36. "Its amazing when people see you but what they see is only what they want to see." 
37. "......I thought i had enough, and just then, God made me realize, it has not even started yet." 
38. "Never make God your escape, but strength." 
39. "Perception - birthplace of right and wrong."
40. "When sad, ask yourself, is this the only best thing you can do?" 
41. "I'm poor with directions, no wonder I'm lost." 
42. "It's not just the toys we throw away, but a part of us we discard." 
43. "Every Dog once was a Puppy....... so was his female." 
44. "If someone steals your joy, let him take that. He probably needed that the most."
45. "Live up to your dreams or die for them. Both are exquisite." 
46. "Impossible is nothing, but just a state of mind."
47. "A sleep without a dream is a sleep wasted, same as a dream without acting upon it is a dream wasted." 
48. "You can't make people to love you back by loving them. You've to show it in your every single action and then there's a slightest chance that they might love you back."
49. "Just think about what you love and then live it, breath it, embrace it. If that concludes to be a regret free day, you're on the path of a happy life. If it concludes to be a regretful day, start the next in a corrective manner, you'll be on the path of the life of a legend. There is no downside to it, just the frame of mind, fix it, it'll fix your life." 
50. "A wise man once said.... NOTHING." 
51. "There are times when i see it backwards, these are the times when i see it clearer. Reverse-engineering the life, learning from mistakes."
52. "Ask yourself, How you got here and you'll know what, where, when, how and to whom you did wrong."
53. "A Thousand Paths To Embarrassment, A Shameful Person Will Avoid Taking Them At All, A Shameless Person Even Wouldn't Mind To Be On All." 
54. "Sometimes, there isn't a clear answer to what happens in life nor the certainty. But sure as hell, for the better or worse, there are ways to be stepped on and carry on."
55. "It's really not the outside but the inside, Weather, which really matters."
56. "Never let your habits ruin your achievements."
57. "Each minute wasted is a success you never had."
58. "Decisions we make under the influence are those, which bite the most."
59. "I tell myself everyday that you're better than most, if you behave better than most."
60. "God gave me wings. Won't that be a shame if I don't fly."