#76.Numbers matter ONLY when
Nothing else matters!!!
Age is NOT a virtue unless
Wisdom goes hand in hand with it!
Aging is a natural process!
Gathering wisdom should also be
a natural process-but often it is not!
#77. Every Action causes an equal and opposite reaction.
Reaction often gets the person into trouble.
A person may prick with a pin a huge balloon and hide himself quickly.
When the balloon bursts, people get annoyed with the balloon and
not with the person who has pricked it in the first place.
The best way to deal with an unpleasant action is not to react to it but to respond to it
with dignity, composure and determination.
Only experience CAN teach us how to respond and not react.
#78. Fundamental virtues
Once when we visited a house we were offered lukewarm coffee.
After we left the house, my father – who usually never complains about anything – said,
“The coffee lacked its fundamental virtue!”
He meant that it should have been served hot.
Thinking on that line I found our that Coffee needs
five fundamental virtues to be inviting.
சூடு, நிறம், மணம், திடம் மற்றும் சுவை.
After many years we were offered coffee in another house where
it was placed with a loud noise “லொட்” on the table!
That day I discovered the sixth fundamental virtue…
the manner in which it was being served.
How many secrets are held in a simple cup of coffee!!!
#79. Innocence or ignorance?
Nearly 18 years ago, I had a student whom came to me for maths tuition.
One day I told her to ask any doubt she had.
She asked me point blank how to use a popular birth control device,
making me perform a sitting high jump.
I had expected some doubt in mathematics, but nothing was farther from
my thoughts than the doubt she asked me.
I told her she DOES NOT need to know it now. When the need arises she
will be told all about it by her parents.
I tipped her father that she needs close supervision to make her
concentrate only on her studies.
Later she stopped coming for tuition.
May be she could not face me or may be she got into some trouble and
stayed away.
It was NOT the age of INTERNET. People still asked the elders things that
they did not know about.
Reading about the arrest of a doctor who performs abortion for a mere
1500 Rs, I was reminded of this incident that took place nearly 18 years ago.
In spite of this being the Internet saga
girls are still curious,
girls are still ignorant,
girls still get into trouble
for the mischief they do and
girls still seek the help of a quack
to set right their problems!
#80. Hero vs Zero!
Hero (-) X = Zero.
Zero (+) X = Hero!
Hero (-) Zero = X
What is represented by X????
X is the Universal Booster tonic.
It is neither mathematical zero nor the empirical zero!