Regret
is painful. But regret caused due to procrastination is torture especially when
you have to do nothing for weeks because the doctor said so.
“Why
didn’t you do it?
Why did you delay it?
Why were you waiting for the right time?”
These were the questions I asked myself while lying on the
bed one pleasant afternoon after hospital visit, looking outside the window,
watching the clouds pass from the south west to the north east. Clouds
symbolized ‘time’ for me at that moment. Time passed like each cloud, not
waiting for anybody. Time passes slowly when you do nothing. It is a torture.
But looking back you would think time passed quickly, that’s because nobody can
remember the time that you did nothing. Time has to be filled with some
memories. Take for example time to be a water bottle. Fill nothing in it and it
can be squeezed to be thrown into the thrash. But a full bottle cannot be
squeezed. The full bottle has some value. Similarly time filled with
action/memory has a lot of value.
Watching
the monsoon clouds were agonizing because my favorite time of the year was
about to start and I couldn’t do things that would put strain on my finger.
Which means I had to do nothing (cycling, running, trekking etc.) except go to
work.
So
what happened to my finger? I was at work testing 20 liter jar for perfect
temperature setting. The product was supposed to come perfect but it was
off-center. The preform used to nod when mounted in the dye which I thought was
the reason for the imperfection. So I put my finger on the preform. The dye
closed and I removed my finger but the nozzle drop speed was faster than my
hand removal and the tough aluminum nozzle ripped my nails and exposed my
bones. Usually God’s always with me but no God nor universe can help in your
stupid moments. I knew the nozzle drop speed is fast but still I was brain dead
for that one moment.
Thank God that it didn’t take my bone. Frankly it wasn’t painful.
Just felt a shock at the moment, blood on the floor and little nauseous which I
could control. The pain was after the stitches which were nothing compared to
the pain due to regret and the thought that I had to do nothing for few weeks.
‘Life’s
lessons’
May
be the God or the universe wanted to teach me a lesson, a lesson of time and
its value. I sure have learned that lesson. Time is the biggest wealth.
“The
best time is NOW”.
“Don’t
do it tomorrow, do it today”.
“Don’t
wait for the rain to stop, embrace the rain and just do it”.
“Don’t
wait for the clear road, make your own path”.
And most important of all,
“Do
not procrastinate”.
“Time is precious,
even more than money”.
“A thing that is
common between a wealthy person and the poor person is that they both have
time. A wealthy man can become poor by wasting time and poor man can become
wealthy by making the most of the time has got”.