“BE GRATEFUL ALWAYS TO WHAT YOU HAVE.”

The climate in gulf is very different. It’s too hot – temperature rises to 48-50 deg cel during the month June to Sept and has longer days (sunrises at 4.30 am and sets at 7 pm). And in addition to this, it has lot of humidity – cant even stand outside in the sun even for 1 min – it sweats.

But still people work here in gulf in this hot climate round the year to earn a better lifestyle in the future for themselves as well as for their loved ones. Some people are really very fortunate like me - The Company has provided me a car (1.6cc Nissan Sunny) and luxurious apartment.

The other day I was driving in my car on a very very hot sunny Friday. And it was too hot and my car air conditioner was not very effective and was not cooling the car at a rapid speed. I grumbled for having such a car (why didn’t the company provide me a much better powerful car?), such a lifestyle (working in gulf) and many such cursing thoughts ran through my mind like rapid fire – much faster than my car air conditioner.

And I started cursing myself for coming and working in this hot gulf area – I felt India was a much better place to work as the climate reaches a max of 35 deg cel.

Further as I was traveling in my car (during the mid-day) with all these thoughts I happened to drive close to a road construction site. There I saw people working during this hot climate (when the temperature was close to 48 deg cel) – with no proper safety clothes and infrastructure, no air condition, direct under the sun, with no proper cool drinking water, no shelter/shadow to hide one selves from the hot sun.

I felt sad and pity for these people. Looking at the suffering of these construction people all of a sudden all the above bad thoughts that I was thinking vanished. And I found myself at a better comfort level than these suffering people.

And I remembered an Old Persian saying that I recently read in one of the books by Robin Sharma which says “I cried for I didn’t have proper and good shoes to wear on my feet until I found a man with no feet”

Remembering this quote – I thanked god for giving all the good things that I have right now – a car with an air condition and working/staying in any office/apartment equipped with 24 hrs air conditioning facility.

So - BE GRATEFUL ALWAYS TO WHAT YOU HAVE.

Like a good family and relatives, good job, good health and many other things.

Keep smiling and keep growing.

Suju.the.Archer.