A Good Life

At a time when ships used sails, a young captain was assigned the responsibility to take a big ship across the ocean. He took a good look at his ship while it was safely anchored at the harbour. He and his crew boarded the ship. He took a good look to check if everything was OK. He prepared his ship and was ready to set sail. The winds had also picked up and were favourable now but the young captain was a little nervous to take the ship out of the safety of the anchorage and decided to wait a little longer. As he waited he mumbled in self doubt. A senior crew member noticed this and approached the captain. "The winds are favourable sir, set sail now.   The winds will not always be favourable, they will die down in a few hours, you need to make the most of it while they are favorable and can work to your advantage. The ship is safe at harbour but it was meant to sail across the oceans, self doubt will only hold you back. Have faith in yourself and get going now, seize the mome...

In a village lived a little boy who loved the rains and the cold, pure and clear rain water. One day he decided to collect some rain water for his family, friends and himself. He sat outside his home waiting for the rains. When it started to rain he ran inside his house and started searching for a container to fill the water in. By the time he found it the rainfall  had stopped. Dejected he went in and threw the container in some corner. The next day he again waited for the rains. Again when it rained he ran inside his house but could not recollect where he kept the container. Again the rain stopped by the time he found it. Dejected he went and sat outside his house, crying. A wise man who was passing from there asked the child the reason for his trouble. Upon hearing the story the wise man smiled and said "That's how life is. You have to be prepared for an opportunity when it comes. If you are not prepared and run to get organized later, it might get too late and the oppo...

One day as I was taking a round of the factory during maintenance day I saw a young engineer inspecting the machines. He would rotate all wheels, move all levers up and down and check the functions. I followed him around and realized that when a wheel/lever would squeak he would open up its bearing, do the necessary greasing and oiling and fix it up again and this is how he finished his maintenance work. Again I went for a round during the next maintenance day in the following month. I realized that a senior person was inspecting this time. To my surprise he would open up all the wheels/levers where there were bearings or joints and do greasing and oiling. I walked up to him and asked him "Sir, your junior only greased the Squeaky Bearings but you attend to all. Why is that?". He politely replied "He's inexperienced sir, just because a bearing does not squeak does not mean it does not require proper maintenance". He smiled and carried on with his work. It was...