Recession... is I guess the modern Depression Era and so has the year 2009 been upto now. Satyam crashed, IT companies fired staff and still are. Companies have taken on cost cutting like a holy shroud and are seen from under that.
There are no A/C's turned on at the hotels and lounges, says the newspapers. I hear chotu while watching a serial say,"Dee, there is not ghoda for the Dulhaa..., recession has hit the serials kyaaa... Hehehehehhehe.....!" Recession is apparently the most said,voiced,heard word of this centure probably beating Beatles,soccer,stock,Enrique, SRK, IPL etc...
Now,talking and taking this seriously out. Recession has come hard on some people's pocket and for other's straight their heart like a missile rocket.Most of them lost their jobs. I'm not sure how do I react to this, since I have my job, how do I respond to few of my friends who have lost. I'm not sure what I have to say when I pray... Thank you God, that I have a job or Please Lord My God! give my friend a job.. . One side I sound selfish, the other side its a petition.So I'm stuck...
Recession has left people frustrated, bad mouthed and almost choked. Every other person seems to be abusing more than the usual.I'm sure this emotional outbreak will give rise to new and even more number of new types of depressions. Tomorrow for sure is going to see a lot more diseases. So how do we react to it?
With lost and no jobs, outstanding amounts to pay, not getting the right life partner (oh! it has hit the marriage market as well as terrorist market..Jezz so says the newspapers) and has made cost of living ever costly. Probably, recession must be a chapter in each of our lives has a moral at the end... Probably, let's learn to
a) Accept realities- You have a job- stick to it, you don't accept and search for new ones.
b) Learn to breathe in & out-Accept your thought and emotions: Yes, you are angry,frustrated, nothing is materialising,there is a pressure from the highs of high. Just..Wait, Stop and Breathe. It does wonders for a simple person like me.Would do for you I'm guessing.
c) Talk it out- To your friends or to yourself. Get it out of your system.
Recession is an external force that has affected us in and out.You cannot run away from it. Face it with all the strength you have and for that you need to be clear and rational.
d) Do a favor, don't add on the pressure- by yelling it at your family or boss or your servant. Just because you are sad, you don't want to call yourself a sadist. Just because you have been unfortunate, you don't have any right to scream at the opposite person. Since he/she too is a victim of this recession...
e) What's my mistake? Why this to me? Well, I have no explanation to that. The only answer is that recession has made me think that we have really no much power on our lives, nor our loved one's. Therefore be honest, just, live each day as its your first and last.
d) Money is not all- Now I see people spending dinners cooking inside their homes and walking on Tank Bunds eating channa bataanaa.Its all coming back now, more than the lounge and the bar,Ghar,family and friends is the new mantraa.Set your priorities right. We can switch jobs but you cannot switch loved ones.
e) Hope: Today is not the day, tomorrow will bring. Never let the flame of hope blow away. Let it remain the eternal undying flame, 'coz buddy it truly is.
Of all the negative things, recession has re-taught me the basics of life and people are going back to God, sermons, conventions, family, arms of the loved one's. Wait, things if now are bad, will turn good. For once, I think recession has taught us quite a bit... It's called Goodness.
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