I just wound up my previous note with the following quote:
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou.
Being tax laws practitioner, we need to keep pace with ever evolving metamorphosis of tax laws. Publishing world is ever waiting to bring out the newer version and striving to bank on the changes.
Despite the world going tech way, still the publishing industry is yet to call it a day for print version.
Even tech savvy new age professionals prefer not to strain their eyes reading it in kindle, desktops, and palm-tops. They love to read the print version over a cup of steamy coffee.
Well,
Very recently I walked in to a leading law book seller's shop in the prime of this metropolis.
I finished choosing the latest texts, flaunted my card to complete the payment.
The process the shop follows is when you finish paying, the cashier does not deliver you the book instantly. He sends the book with one copy of the invoice directly to delivery counter. He just hands your portion of the invoice.
In my number of visits, I have seen an old man sitting in the counter, after matching the title of the books chosen with the same in the invoices, he would hand over the books in a bag.
This occasion he just took more minutes to complete the process than he usually takes.
I was wondering what was wrong.
When he compared the prices of the books, for one book, the cashier, presumably inadvertently, charged me 10 extra bucks. So meticulous was this man, he just called up the cashier and informed of the excess charging and advised me to go back to cash counter and get Rs.10 back.
It just struck me how careless I was, albeit 10 bucks may or may not matter. It's not the size of the cost. What struck me was delivery man's due diligence.
I went to the cashier and he without an apology gave back Rs. 10/-.
Next while taking delivery, I thanked the old man manning the delivery counter. He simply nodded. It seemed that he did not let what good he had done to me go to his head. A real Karma yogi.
Perfect epitome of what Lord Krsna speaks on "Do-just-your-duty-and-never-focus-on-the-fruit".
KARAMANYA VADHIKARASTHE MAA PHALESHU KADACHANA MAA KARMA PHALA HETUR BHURMA TE SANAGOSTVA KARMANI -
You have the right to work only
but never to its fruits.
Let not the fruits of action be your motive.
Nor let your attachment be to inaction.
Every soul has a lesson. No soul is an ordinary soul.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou.
Being tax laws practitioner, we need to keep pace with ever evolving metamorphosis of tax laws. Publishing world is ever waiting to bring out the newer version and striving to bank on the changes.
Despite the world going tech way, still the publishing industry is yet to call it a day for print version.
Even tech savvy new age professionals prefer not to strain their eyes reading it in kindle, desktops, and palm-tops. They love to read the print version over a cup of steamy coffee.
Well,
Very recently I walked in to a leading law book seller's shop in the prime of this metropolis.
I finished choosing the latest texts, flaunted my card to complete the payment.
The process the shop follows is when you finish paying, the cashier does not deliver you the book instantly. He sends the book with one copy of the invoice directly to delivery counter. He just hands your portion of the invoice.
In my number of visits, I have seen an old man sitting in the counter, after matching the title of the books chosen with the same in the invoices, he would hand over the books in a bag.
This occasion he just took more minutes to complete the process than he usually takes.
I was wondering what was wrong.
When he compared the prices of the books, for one book, the cashier, presumably inadvertently, charged me 10 extra bucks. So meticulous was this man, he just called up the cashier and informed of the excess charging and advised me to go back to cash counter and get Rs.10 back.
It just struck me how careless I was, albeit 10 bucks may or may not matter. It's not the size of the cost. What struck me was delivery man's due diligence.
I went to the cashier and he without an apology gave back Rs. 10/-.
Next while taking delivery, I thanked the old man manning the delivery counter. He simply nodded. It seemed that he did not let what good he had done to me go to his head. A real Karma yogi.
Perfect epitome of what Lord Krsna speaks on "Do-just-your-duty-and-never-focus-on-the-fruit".
KARAMANYA VADHIKARASTHE MAA PHALESHU KADACHANA MAA KARMA PHALA HETUR BHURMA TE SANAGOSTVA KARMANI -
You have the right to work only
but never to its fruits.
Let not the fruits of action be your motive.
Nor let your attachment be to inaction.
Every soul has a lesson. No soul is an ordinary soul.
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