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This time i want to write about a ritual i follow everyday and a problem i have been facing.

I have 'n' numbers of glasses and bowls, big and small. Everyday i drop my riches in them after placing the glasses and bowls in a particular sequence. Of late i have observed a change. The bowl which comes first doesn't seem to get filled. I end up pouring all my earnings in that bowl and still i see it empty. And i m left with nothing to put in the other bowls. I m turning poor everyday...

Why is this happenin
May be somehow my riches are turning invisible after i pour them in the boThis time i want to write about a ritual i follow everyday and a problem i have been facing.

I have 'n' numbers of glasses and bowls, big and small. Everyday i drop my riches in them after placing the glasses and bowls in a particular sequence. Of late i have observed a change. The bowl which comes first doesn't seem to get filled. I end up pouring all my earnings in that bowl and still i see it empty. And i m left with nothing to put in the other bowls. I m turning poor everyday...

Why is this happening?
  • May be the bowl has a crack. It is not as perfect as i think.
  • May be somehow my riches are turning invisible after i pour them in the bowl.
  • Or, may be the bowl is hungry for more and more.
I don't know what i should be doing in this situation. Should i just remove the bowl and keep it aside? Or should i try to find out what's wrong with this bowl? I am afraid if i don't find the solution to this problem, the other bowls will die of hunger. Been a long time since i dropped something into them.
Or, may be the bowl is hungry for more and more.May be the bowl has a hole. It is not as perfect as i think.
I dont know what i should be doing in this situation. Should i just remove the bowl and keep it aside? Or should i try to find out what's wrong with this bowl? I m afraid if i dont find the solution to this problem, the other bowls will die of hunger. Been a long time since i dropped something into them.
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Angika said…
Drop a little of your earnings into each bowl today. Forget about the bowls for a while. They'd have filled up on their own tomorrow!
04 January, 2008 19:33
Anonymous said…
What Khanam.. CHEER UP DARLING!!! I guess the richest person in the world should not be concerned about all this, hai na.. C ya!!
05 January, 2008 01:02
Shazia said…
@ Angika

I followed your advice partially and feeling better after doing that. I have shuffled the bowls and now i fill them randomly everyday.
Thanks!

@ Shilpy

'the richest person in the world'...Me?
:)
10 January, 2008 22:43
Anonymous said…
Hey Saggi! Drop ur riches into each bowl..not giving special attention and worrying about a particular one..After some time u'll see one bowl getting filled up..now u knw which is ur 'special' bowl..It might not be the one u thought was special to u..We very often falsely think that something is special to us when it actually is not and in the process of struggling to keep that bowl happy..we forget about the rest..in the process becoming poorer..and maybe one among those forgotten bowls is the one that really needs ur attention. Remember..life is full of surprises..and thats what makes it interesting :)
16 January, 2008 12:47
Shazia said…
@ Fellow Saggi

Well said. You are right, sometimes we are so mistaken in identifying what is special for us. I actually did what you have asked me to do and in turn i m getting surprised too.

:)
17 January, 2008 23:04
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