More Actions, Fewer Emotions. A Better World For You And Me.
The World would be so beautiful if we can channel our energy to the right places.
This is an informal memo to the whiners. Actually, it isn’t meant to be negative. It is also not meant to annoy anyone out there who needs an emotional outlet. We are humans. There are days when we need to vent. If it is a one-time, unplanned for incident — By all means, go ahead. Hey, in fact, I would love to listen to you and even lend my shoulders (they are kind of narrow, hope you don’t mind).
In fact, if you believe that you fall into the above category — Please feel free to skip this memo. It will serve no meaning for you.
I do have specific targets in my head as I write this, some of them around me in Life and at Work. For reasons I could never comprehend, their Operations Modus is to create a ruckus over solving the problem. Okay, I agree that we all think differently. In fact, there must be some degree of freedom for us to articulate our viewpoints and express ourselves in non-verbal form.
Believe me. I know that. I also believe that there is no reason to “Cry Over Spilled Milk”. And this is what I mean.
(Emotional Response from Friend A)
Kid: Ah! Ah! I spilled the milk on the floor! (Cries loudly).
Mum: Why did you do this! Look at this! WHAT A MESS! WHAT A STUPID KID! WHY CAN’T YOU HOLD THE BOTTLE PROPERLY!
Then she walks to the site of incidence. Hurriedly grab the kid away. Comes back with a dry towel. Wipe the site clean. Wash the towel, hang it.
Then proceed to call the entire world lamenting about the incident.
(Action-Oriented Response from Friend B)
Kid: Ah! Ah! I spilled the milk on the floor! (Cries loudly).
The Most Beautiful Person on Planet Earth: Says nothing.
Frustrated, yes. Rushes to the site of incidence. Grab the kid away hurriedly. Comes back with a dry towel. Wipe the site clean. Wash the towel, hang it. Get back to emails.
I love both my friends. In truth, however, I adore only one. And this scenario can be substituted with a workplace event, incident, meeting, and conversation. And this happens all the time.
We are naturally frustrated by an occurrence of unexpected incidence where there are damages to be moped up. No one likes to take out the trash, especially when the trash is not created by them.
However, that is not going to solve the problem or make the world a better place. An outward display of negative energy towards a historical event is, to say the least, rather silly. It wastes precious time too.
Complaining about the puddle of milk on the floor doesn’t make that pool of white disappear. Quite the opposite. The negativity is magnified and the milk puddle is still there. That, plus a crying kid because they know the spanking is not far-off.
Why do that when we can solve the problem and not make the people around us feel bad about it? I don’t know. But I rarely felt good when a bout of negative energy (vibes) explodes beside me. I just wanted to escape from the scene of a murder as soon as I can. I wonder if anyone actually thinks otherwise.
And as I watch the coffee puddle that I have spilled this morning just beside me as I work, I secretly pray to the Gods of Evaporation in hope that they could accelerate this natural process. That way, I will be spared from a lashing down when my parents are home from grocery shopping.
An inaction is a form of action too. It takes courage not to act (I am exploding with laughter as I write this).
Well, at least I am not whining. Not too sure about my mum.
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