The First Ranker Part 2

"The giver is one but the takers are as many. How they take it and what value they add to it, is what matters to succeed in life".

This is where I ended about the teacher and the taught in Part 1.

Schools and colleges are where most of us compete for marks to the best of our ability. Many of us may not have topped in most exams. I did in about 4 or 5 subjects while at school and when I was doing my Law degree. What thrill it was. What swelling with pride for our efforts bearing just fruits. If I rested in past glory I would be pushed to 2nd and 3rd and down the line in the next exams! Such was the discipline and dedication required throughout studentship. These were measurable and comparable with other classmates.

Having said all the above, with life and practicality it was something else totally!

Like one could land a good job with the qualifications. At work all those marks never seemed to help!! The theory part and the practical were so different to deal with even though some subjects like accounts where it is much of practicals even while one is learning at school.

I know of many who were really good at studies but had mediocre jobs and din't do much career-wise.
Yet there were others who were really average or even below average who made it really good at their careers.

Theory Vs. Practicals it is with life and living too! Easier to score marks in theory with some discipline. When it comes to practicals it's a different ball game altogether - we go along as it comes.

Cheers.

Mahalakshmi.

My Freehand Kolams - Part 3

6 more of my creations.

Kolam 13

Kolam - 14

Kolam 15

Kolam 16

Kolam 17

Mahalakshmi

My Freehand Kolams - Part 2

More of my creations.

Kolam 7

Kolam 8

Kolam 9

Kolam 10

Kolam 11

Kolam 12

Mahalakshmi

My Freehand Kolams 1

I will let my freehand kolams speak for themselves today. They have all been created early each morning and have adorned our doorstep till the next morning.

Whatever came to my mind that moment, transformed into some of the most amateurish kolams ever!! Were my ancestors from tribal land :D I love tribal art and it shows!

Have a look and enjoy if possible. I should thank my son Vasant who takes these pictures, each day, on his mobile without forgetting. And my husband for brightening the patterns which were not visible to the eye on black stone. He turned the black stone into white!!

I shall treat you to some more of these in my next blog. Don't go away :D

Kolam 1

Kolam 2

Kolam 3

Kolam 4

Kolam 5

Kolam 6

Mahalakshmi

The First Ranker Part 1

A class in a school or college, has on an average 30 students.

The teacher teaches the 30 students.

It is the same subject, the same 30 students, taught at the same time, in the same style yet only one student gets the top marks!

Is it the teacher or the taught who should get the credit for top marks? And what happened to those other 29 students? Why could they not score top marks when they too were exposed to the same class, same teacher, subject, teaching style...

The giver is one but the takers are as many. How they take it and what value they add to it, is what matters to succeed in life.

Mahalakshmi.

The Carpenter And His Drinking Habit

There is a carpenter who had done a lot of projects for known people.

After a long time he made an appearance at someone's place.

There, the lady asked about his current projects. She also questioned him about his picking up the drinking habit while on some outstation work.

What I din't expect was the carpenter's honest confession about his taking to drinks after a day's hard labor. The reason he gave was, new friends at the new place, who used to constantly take him along. Without a drink he could not sleep at nights. With no one to question and no family around to stop him, it soon became a habit.
His wife was worried about his new habit and his health. Once back home, his wife took charge and made him quit drinking.

Here was a simple man. There was no hemming and hawing about such a sensitive issue. He answered a personal question quite honestly and naturally without getting upset or angry.
Now he avoids taking up outstation orders if he can and prefers to work in the city.

Good for his health, his family and good for his purse.

Mahalakshmi