Story: The
cockroach theory for self-development
https://ramamohanraocheruku.blogspot.com/2023/09/ockroach.html
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and
sat on a lady. She started
screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she
started jumping, with both her hands
desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on
another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.The
waiter rushed forward to their rescue.In the relay of throwing, the cockroach
next fell upon the waiter.The waiter stood firm,
composed himself a nd observed the behaviour of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was
confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the
restaurant. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement,the antenna of my mind
picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible
for their histrionic behaviour? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?He handled it near to perfection,
without any chaos.It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to
handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.I
realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that
disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their
shouting that disturbs me.
It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but
my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me. More than the
problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.
Lessons learnt from the story:
I understood, I should not react in life, I should always respond, the women reacted.
Swasti.
