One of the participants asked the following question to the Swamiji: "I am a senior manager of Materials Department and I joined an organization 25 years ago as an Engineer Trainee and over the last 25 years I have gone through every experience in the organization and I am now the senior manager looking after the material function independently.
During the initial part of my career, the job was very challenging and interesting. Every day was exciting and I looked forward to each day with lot of interest.
However, all those exciting days are gone since I do not find my job any more interesting because there is nothing new in my job.
As I have seen and handled every conceivable situation there is no more challenges in my work.
I am now feeling bored because I am doing a routine job..
However, Swamiji, I am living in the same house for over forty years, I am the son for the same parents for over forty five years, I am the father for the same children for the past ten years and the husband for the same lady for the past twenty years..
In these personal roles I do not feel bored and the passage of time has not taken away the zeal from me. Please tell me why I am bored of the routine in the office and not in the house?
This was a very interesting question and we were all very anxious and curious to know what the Swamiji had to say.The response from him was very interesting and convincing.
He asked the executive the question: Please tell me for whom does your wife and the mother of children cook ?
The executive replied that obviously my wife cooks for all of us -the family.
Then the Swamiji said that because the wife 'Serves' others and because of this service mindedness, she is not feeling tired or bored. Similarly when you are at Home you are not percieving your role as the necessary work.
But in an office, we 'Work' and not 'Serve'.
Anything we consider, as service will not make us feel bored. That is difference between Serving and Working.
He asked the executive to consider his work as service and not merely a work....
In these personal roles I do not feel bored and the passage of time has not taken away the zeal from me.
Please tell me why I am bored of the routine in the office and not in the house?
This was a very interesting question and we were all very anxious and curious to know what the Swamiji had to say.The response from him was very interesting and convincing.
He asked the executive the question: Please tell me for whom does your wife and the mother of children cook ?
The executive replied that obviously my wife cooks for all of us -the family. Then the Swamiji said that because the wife 'Serves' others and because of this service mindedness, she is not feeling tired or bored. Similarly when you are at Home you are not percieving your role as the necessary work.
But in an office, we 'Work' and not 'Serve'.
Anything we consider, as service will not make us feel bored. That is difference between Serving and Working.
He asked the executive to consider his work as service and not merely a work....
wait a min... i read thru this twice...
ReplyDeletehow can swamiji assume that the wife is NOT tired and bored of cooking?????
His assumption may be based on wives who prepare new dishes ( with creativity ) like papaya curry, kashi halwa, etc!
Deletehahaha....i can assure you that those wives also find cooking tired and boring!! :)
DeleteIt's just that women don't complain because they have a higher level of tolerance and perform their duties always with a smile :))
Men have zero tolerance and just complain for even silly reasons :)
So...that's the theory behind the above story :)