One Down--Two to Go

I have in the past week been hunkered down in completing a project due today. Procrastination, procrastination is one of my biggest weaknesses. And so I pulled all my resources and did an all-nighter the day before. With music blaring and downing mugs of caffeine I was glued in front of the computer—researching, re-reading and re-doing various sections of the project. All this echoing my school days of paper writing—except in those days I usually wrote longhand and gave the drafts for fee-based typing to a school secretary who was glad to make some extra coin from those of us who were typing challenged.

Alas! It is done—and one day before the deadline! Why the phrase “deadline’? It is one of those weird phrases like the politicians’ “I will fight for you!” Don’t fight, just deliver!

For a time my worse fear seemed to come true. I expected that it would be difficult to access the server for submission of the project since many, like me, would be waiting until the last minute. At times I could not review and got strange messages. The hour-glass would not complete when I tried submitting. I had to get away for a while and, to my surprise, I came back to receive an automatic server message that my project application was received! Wow! What a nite!

While I am in this work mode I better get on with the remaining two other projects—in time before the summer frolicking—which I intend to seriously—to be joyful and fun-loving. I will ride my bike a lot. I might do Afrika.

As I slaved away many thoughts passed through my mind:

An incident showed me that there are many cowards in this world. The worst are the ones who hide decisions behind a non-descript group—like management, or committee. Only sorry losers use this trick. When you detect stay away from such characters—they can get you killed ‘cause you rely on them to your destruction.

Experience matters. As you continue to do a thing you discover better and easier ways to do it.

Probably Jesus did not mean it literally when he talked about turning the other cheek. Otherwise he would not have beaten and chased away people trading in the synagogue. At this stage, to me it means letting go. You have done your best, but the results are not coming through. Why go melancholic on the world for it? Just let go. You have got a raw deal in a transaction, and you feel like tearing the other person to pieces. Practice some yoga, and let go and regain your peace.