R - RETIREMENT #BlogchatterA2Z

He was the

• Proud, 
• Authoritative, 
• Demanding, 
• Asserting and 
• Never yielding 

Person at his work all along implementing strict discipline thru' an iron hand over years.

For such a person too the D-Day had arrived and he had to retire. People who worked with him gave lengthy speeches bringing out their earlier memories of interactions and wished him a happy retired life..

Finally the gentleman had to speak..

He became emotional but controlled himself and putting up a brave smile at length, spoke about his friends, memories, personal interactions, work related issues and further continued..

“No doubt, from tomorrow I may not have busy schedules of this Office but as I look at myself, suddenly I find many works around me..

• I should now register and get my Senior Citizen ID Card.. 
• I've to make good plans to invest all of my savings.. 
• I should streamline my pension payment issues.. 
• I should re-register with our Company for the new Medical benefits.. and 
• I got to finish few of my personal works pending for quite some time.. 

Sure, no breathing time from tomorrow and don’t know how to handle all these all of sudden!” 

The listeners maintained pin drop silence as the person spoke and ended his talk knowing within that those own works would be nothing compared to his active work life..

The Function over, in the next one hr he was put in the company car and was bid a permanent 'BYE!' 

Next to all that noise, further there was simply silence and only silence for a while as the car moved on smoothly with the driver silently doing his job..

After a travel of half hr, the car suddenly got into a heavy traffic jam. All the vehicles came to a halt and there appeared no moving forward at all for a while..

As the man looked out thru' his window, on to the pavement, he saw a mother consoling her crying child and another lady asking her the reason for the child's crying. The mother was heard saying..

“This boy had school till last week. Now holidays are declared and I planned for him.... but he doesn't want to go there. No prob, he'll be alright soon. You see..

Not having active engagement is sure a big problem with any one!"

The words straight hit the person as his heart sank for a moment. Keeping a deaf ear to the talk, as he turned his attention to the other side of the road in between the stationary vehicles, he saw on the pavement

A rag picker having collected few bits of items and papers from a bin further

Having no work to do, silently sat in a corner gazing at the sky with a blank expression clearly noticed on his face..

There was a message..

"No doubt, you got to be tough at work and get the result but all along the Truth there says that all that glory will an end on a day..

Here, your discipline still would have been the same had you substituted in place of

• Pride.. Humility
• Authority.. Motivation
• Demand.. Quoting the necessity
• Assertion.. Expressing the right and
• The never yielding attitude.. Ever ready to help by the side

And continued thus in your work life. If that were to be the situation, sure you could have felt this moment..

No difference between yesterday, today and tomorrow!

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