Adjudicated Parallels

 I recently noticed what a tinge of sincerity can do to uplift one's standard of living or make a mark at a workplace. These go a long way to build up confidence among the clients or even among customers. They end up to be long lasting partners in the relationship. It can turn anyone's fortune around. This aspect of workplace ethos was seen by me in the life of a person with odd jobs. He does any kind of job with great sincerity. Coming up from a third world neighbouring Country, every kind of work is done by him and he never throws up tantrums when asked to go the extra mile. But contrastingly, another peer of his in the gated complex of my relative is very annoying at work. This domestic help has fits of rage and a lot of lame excuses. Needless to say, nobody employs her in the gated community, but only a handful of residents. To make matters worse, she does not think that an introspection needs to be done in her worklife. The lack of this will to improve also puts a strangle...

 Old memories are good. But if they bring something of a troubled present, these emotions of yore feel rather unpleasant and one feels like less nostalgic whatsoever. This is a prevalent norm- especially in this social media-stricken world. Everybody seems to have a situation like this wherein some old friend has grown into what they don't want to become a party to. This is true. I tried to renew ties with an old friend of mine who was in a rather different phase of life then, owing to a failed aspect. He was a good and funny person to be with. As it turned out to be, we had drifted for too long and I put a brake on the friendship. The reason was that he had fallen into the trap of a bad company of friends. It is always wise to tread cautiously when some old friend makes way into your life. The key to this caution is that there should be no need to give him your complete credentials; most funnily, your house address. Keep playing with some cards close to your chest and then you wil...