The First Impression

I am new to Laramie and the US as well. So the probability of me being surprised by most of the things I see here is relatively higher than those who are only new to this place.

 

One afternoon I happened to visit this place. Crowded it was with merely a place to sit. To my utter surprise, despite so many people around the place was relatively peaceful than I could imagine. With not any place to sit I decided to stroll around. I could see a long line of people with their hands full, waiting for their turn to make payments. And there was another bunch inside busy finding stuffs matching their needs. After looking around for a while and failing to find anything that I may need, I moved on.

Luckily, now I could see few unoccupied spaces outside. So, I decided to get a much needed cup of coffee and observe the things around from one of the place. I could feel the aroma of coffee all over the place. As I looked around, I could see most people busy with their smartphone and iPads. With their fingers occupied they still found time to sip their coffee and a bit of burger in between. I wondered if technology had anything to do with the relative calm that prevailed.

I looked outside the window. There were people who looked in hurry and some like me were just strolling around biding their time. A voice interrupted me. I turned around and there was a girl with a smile as warm as the winter sun. She asked if she could have a seat. “Sure”, I nodded in agreement with smile. After a while I got the last sip of my coffee looked at the time.  And it was already time for me to go. So with a smile I departed.

It’s been couple of weeks now since I arrived here and despite being so different from the place from where I came from, I still felt there was something that I could connect to. After wondering for a while I realized maybe it’s the smile that the people carry. The warmth that it carries is something very similar to the one that I have witnessed all my life back home.

The Laughing Heart

Your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
Be on the watch.
There are ways out.
There is a light somewhere.
It may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
Be on the watch.
The gods will offer you chances.
Know them.
Take them.
You can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
And the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
Your life is your life.
Know it while you have it.
You are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

 

Levi’s Go Forth with Legacy

A Story About Old-Fashioned Hard Work

I recently found a story about an unemployed man who applied for a janitor’s position at Microsoft quite a few years ago.
 

He was interviewed by HR and successfully passed all of the pre-requisite tests.

He was then asked for an email address so that the employment package could be sent through.

The man panicked and confessed to the HR Manager that he didn’t have an email address.

The manager responded that if he didn’t have an email address, then he virtually didn’t exist and couldn’t possibly work for a company like Microsoft.

The man left the interview distraught and broke.

Down to his last $10 he walked into a supermarket and buys 10 pounds of strawberries.

He then went from door to door selling the strawberries, doubling his money in a couple of hours.

He repeated the process a few times and ended the day with $60 in his pocket.

Encouraged by his small success, he got up earlier the next day and worked hard selling strawberries, making more money every day.

Over time, he was able to invest in a wheelbarrow, then a truck and after a while he had a fleet of trucks delivering produce.

As the years went on, he became the owner of a chain of stores, a terrific success story from such humble beginning.

As he was now quite wealthy, the man considered his future and his family and investigated getting some life insurance. He contacted an agent and chose a policy that met his needs.

At the conclusion of the conversation, the agent asked for his email address so that he could send him a confirmation of the policy.

The man responded, “But I don’t have an email address.”

The agent was surprised and said, “That’s amazing! You have no email, yet you were able to build this empire. Just imagine where you would be if you had an email address.”

The man thought for a moment and replied, “Yes, I would be cleaning toilets at Microsoft.”

I’m not sure if this is a true story or not, but it is a great reminder that sometimes we place such a strong emphasis on modern technologies like social media and smart phones that we forget about the value of hard work and resilience.

Trends will come and go, but a strong work ethic will always be valuable.
 

From :  betterlifecoachingblog