Random thoughts at Mu Sigma

We lose our temper for petty issues.
We get irritated if one of our old friends calls up and asks 'why haven't you responded to any of my calls or messages?'
We hate to have long conversations with our parents especially when they show care on us.
We get dejected in our workplace when the rest of the team members leave us behind for an outing/lunch and they didn't even realize it
We love to say 'I seriously don't find time to.....'
All this is happening because we are changing ourselves to suit the professional environment around us. Having entered the professional environment, something in us keeps telling us 'You have got to change yourself'.

There are many people around us who carry the same attitude. They would love to have lunch only with their team mates/ ex-team mates (not missing out even on a single day), hang out with the coolest of the people in office, increase the socializing factor, stay online for the entire time they are awake and finally end up saying 'I did not find time to do this/do that'.

What we can do? It is necessary to be versatile but let us be a little cautious to realize how much we are changing just to suit the environment around us now. This may change our true selves and bring us close to our family/old friends. Why? Because, deep within, we all yearn for that person(an old friend/parent) who can ask/tell 'Did you eat properly?','Is everything okay in office?','Are you happy there?'.

It is important to understand that we are entering a virtual world where the only thing that is with you 24x7 is your laptop/mobile and the only thing that we love to be with 24x7 is Internet, not realizing that the real world has people who can show care/who are waiting for our calls or messages/ who will definitely miss us and yes, they will realize it!

The Inner Voice

Realized the importance of inner voice:
There is this inner voice within us that keeps telling us what is right.
A couple of instances where the inner voice has helped me do the right thing:

1) I saw a visually impaired person standing right in front of me not able to cross the road. I desperately wanted to help him but by my instincts I was not very convinced. It is like when my instinct questions me 'Should I help him?' (I do not know why it didn't come instantaneously) the inner voice tells me 'The right thing to do is to help him'. And I went by my voice.
2) I was sleeping when I was disturbed by someone opening the door. I could hear my friend talking to someone over phone. It was unusual for him to be at home at that time. I could hear him talking about an accident that happened to him. I wanted to continue rolling in my bed (Seems selfish and stupid eh?!). But the inner voice again forced me to get up and ask him if he was alright.

It is like the auto correct feature in MS word. It is always there unless you force yourself not to listen to it.
What would have happened if there was no such inner voice? We all would have been nothing more than living examples of selfishness.