I am posted in the land which relates to The Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata. One week back when I landed up in Kurukshetra and was climbing the stairs of my new address to be for a year, a hundred thoughts were crossing my mind. How my room is going to be? Am I the only one living here for now? Is the place going to be safe? And above all, will I be able to live all alone for the next one year?I didn’t unpack that night, had a nice welcome dinner offered to me by the staff members along with Kulfi as the sweet dish. The first “Sunday night” was very different from any other night. This was the first time I was all alone in a place where I knew no-one and after a very long time spent time with myself. For some reason, this place seems mystical to me - maybe because of the age-old mythological stories it carries along!
The first working day, Monday morning came as a bright sunny day as my parents came to stay with me for a day and settle me down. For the first time, my mom came to see me off to work and we both were trying hard not to cry!
Running it forward and summing the work part for the week, to describe it in few sentences would be a challenge. This is something I have never done before. But the first week broke a lot of stereotypes I had in mind ranging from “Being in any Govt. office is the last place you would want to be, people are so demotivated” to “Nobody has the time to talk to you, seriously”. I met the District Commissioner, City Magistrate, District Information Officer and a few other people in this first week and had the opportunity to talk and discuss with them the on-going best practices in the district (Well, that was this week’s submission). Interestingly amidst the tasks, I am constantly learning something. After one week, while I pen down about my first week’s experience, I know joining this program is probably one of the best choices of my life. Not solely because of the work part, as an individual, I am discovering a lot about myself. Joining as Cheif Minister's Good Governance Associate is both challenging and mystic to me as it pushes me to come out of my comfort zone! Having lived away from 5 years in hostel/flat and lived alone now all by myself is very tough to put in words. Maybe with time, I will get better with this! I haven’t explored anything in the city as of now, but hopefully the coming week I will try to visit the 2 places I have fixed in my calendar.
As the first week ended, it ended giving the pain of losing your loved one. My best friend’s father left the world. With her, I feel as if I also lost a part of me. His unexpected death and seeing my friend so helpless made me realize that we often forget to value people who love us, take them for granted and believe they will always be there for us.
Ending on a positive note, I have decided to consciously value each day. We invest a part of your life’s time on the people we meet everyday. Let’s be compassionate, cooperative, and considerate to other people’s emotions. As written in The Bhagavad Gita -
“Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita
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