Hari the Hadron

Friday, January 20, 2006

SELF DISCIPLINE / SELF REGULATION....

Self discipline, self regulation, planning, meticulousness, etc..are the traits my father thought are very important to a person and I used to be very poor in. My father always stresses that in the long run these traits not only allow you to be prepared and successful in most of the challenges in life, but more importantly saves a lot of money and time. But my viewpoint was otherwise in the sense that I thought that it was too strict a regime.

But an event in my neighbour’s flat a couple of days back was an eye-opener. At about 4 p.m on Wednesday, I got a call from my wife that some smoke was rising from window of the 2nd floor flat of our building. The flat was inhabited by a couple and their college going children and nobody was in the flat at that time. I immediately informed the couple in their respective offices.

I rushed home as a fire in one flat is a potential risk for all others. By the time I reached my other neighbours had broken open the door and the fire was doused. And the culprit for the fire was an iron box left in the bed with the switch on, by one of their children. The bed was smouldering for more than a couple of hours and the heat and smoke generated almost destroyed every piece of furniture in the bedroom and left the whole flat blackened. There was no insurance and the estimated damage was more than a hundred thousand rupees. The more unfortunate thing was that the flooring was so badly damaged that water starting seeping from the ceiling of the flat below theirs.

A small act of negligence lead to such a great mental and financial torture. At that point I learnt the value and importance of the traits my father always speaks about, not only for our well-being but for the well-being of the society as a whole in which we live, as a single mistake on our part can spell irreparable disaster to so many people around us. And God forbid, anything like that happens, our conscience will never forgive us for life.

17 Comments:

  • Hi everybody. Please feel free to comment, even criticism would be a compliment.

    By Blogger hari, at 2:24 AM  

  • Hari,
    Perhaps its time MY dad met YOUR dad! Ok, just kidding. But seriously, the qualities that you mention that were drilled into you are the ones that I'm doing my best to come with grips with as much as possible. Its trifle difficult but many things in life can be done better with a little hindsight as well as forward thinking i.e planning!
    Cheers,
    Ravi

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:06 AM  

  • i think possible all dads r like taht...and all children like me...
    Gosh...
    we too had a happening like this...our tenents..bachelors one left the iron box on and the whole house all the switches where having a electric shock
    the earth wire fused with the other in the heat...
    and God...Saved Mom who was at home that time...

    By Blogger che sara sara, at 2:36 AM  

  • Hi Hari: It happened once in my house when someone left the iron box switched on throughout the day but thankfully it was kept upright and was heating itself. I returned from office to this discovery!

    By Blogger Swahilya Shambhavi, at 4:06 AM  

  • yes Hari,
    Busy has become the common word of ours these days. Why not wake up early and cross check these hazardous elec appliances before u lock the home finally.

    By Blogger REFLEX, at 5:08 AM  

  • interesting post.

    Thanks for sropping by - will read the posts in more detail when i'm home and then comment :)

    By Blogger San, at 5:37 AM  

  • Hi Ravi,

    Drilled yes, but not still within my grips. But life indeed becomes much better with them, almost a clockwork within the existing restraints.

    By Blogger hari, at 12:57 AM  

  • Rightly said Sophi. We should always remember that it is the little things that do the maximum harm.

    By Blogger hari, at 12:58 AM  

  • It may be very dangerous Swahilya.

    By Blogger hari, at 12:59 AM  

  • Yeah Reflex, we must. But what to do late to bed and late to rise is the order of the day.

    By Blogger hari, at 1:00 AM  

  • Hi Sangeeta,

    Thanks for the prompt reciprocation. Would be honoured to have your comments.

    By Blogger hari, at 1:00 AM  

  • Hari,

    that's so scary, isn't it?
    but while i agree with you about upbringing, i think that humans make mistakes, despite being groomed well.
    yes, it is scary how these slips can prove really expensive like this one!
    and i do hope the neighbour's kid can find the courage to learn from the past and not let what he did overwhelm him entirely.

    cheers!
    ramya

    By Blogger Houseowner, at 2:05 AM  

  • Oh Msn..Too much..everything is ok now!! and me noticed ur links..Sweet Sixteen...Thanks...:)

    By Blogger Shiv, at 2:48 AM  

  • Very true Uma.

    By Blogger hari, at 11:53 PM  

  • Yeah Ramya, they have learnt their lessons, but in a truly hard way. And yes they should get on with life.

    By Blogger hari, at 11:57 PM  

  • My pleasure Shiv, but I see the sixteen missing in your blog.

    By Blogger hari, at 11:58 PM  

  • That was scary. Glad that the alerts happenend at the right time. Kudos.

    By Blogger DreamClicks, at 1:56 AM  

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