A former colleague dropped by to say Hi to us today. Left the department almost a year ago, landed a good job in Johor and he looks happy. I had not had the opportunity to work directly with him, but from his short stint in the department, he has always been remembered as a nice-cool guy. I remembered the time when we had his farewell, everyone that spoke about him that day had nothing but ONLY good stuff to say about him. It is nice to be remembered for thegood things. He left a mark, and it was a good one.
Which brings me to another matter that I heard today. I am not sure if it was a good thing, or otherwise. But it is always good to listen, digest and as always, give the benefit of the doubt as we do not know what the real issues are. However, if there is a lesson to learn from there, it is this.
Sometimes, we thought that we are better than others. We criticize blindly, we smirk at other people's shortcomings, we laugh at silly mistakes other people make and we always think that we are GOD. But in the process, we completely forgot to think of what others might think of us - our mannerisms, the language and tone that we used, the impressions that we gave, the image that we portrayed. Are we as great as we thought we were?
Back to Arif. There are reasons why people remember him positively. Apart from being so down to earth despite being such a knowledgeable person, he is also very soft spoken. Never heard him boasting about himself and how great he is in this and that. Never heard him belittling others for not being great at his job. Never blew his top at his staff for mistakes that they accidentally made. Never heard him criticizing others openly for any reasons at all. Overall, he gave a great impression to other people, me included.
It is not easy to be Arif. Being a normal human being, we are full of imperfections and flaws. Probably, what we can try to do is to change our mindset and to always remember that the world doesn't just revolve around us. They are also others who are as important in the eyes of GOD.
Signing off - nmn
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