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When my daughter first learned to sit, I thought of buying a chair for her. I went to a small shop in Adyar, Chennai. I liked a chair in that shop. But it seemed to be little costly. Then I went to a big shop in T.Nagar, Chennai. There too I found the chair of the same model. But the cost was less than 50 percent of the cost in Adyar shop. Below were the differences that I could spot.





T.Nagar Shop

Adyar Shop

There were only 5 pieces, each in different color.

There were around 50 pieces to select from.

No damage in all the 5 display pieces.

Need to search for a piece without damage from 50 pieces.

Showroom was air conditioned and a person was there to guide us.

No air condition and no person to guide.

Price tag was tied with a colorful threaded, easily removable.

Low quality sticker was pasted on top of the chair to indicate
the price, difficult to remove.



But 100 % service charge for these differences seemed to be little costly for me. So, I searched and got a good piece from the big shop.

You Too Brutus

[ Written by my wife ]

There is a phrase that we normally use whenever a friend does not support us - "You too Brutus". Brutus was a close friend of  Julius Caesar. He betrayed Julius Caesar and killed him from behind. Thus the phrase is said whenever someone betrays others.

But when we see it from Brutus point of view we wont consider it a betrayal. Brutus loved Rome when he was a friend of Caesar. He supported Caesar because he cared for the welfare of Rome. Caesar made Rome more powerful. Then Brutus was brain washed that Caesar was not going to do any good to Rome. He killed Caesar because he loved Rome. Brutus only action was that he loved Rome throughout his life.

It is the angle in which we see an action, changes from person to person and not the action. There is a story in Mahabharata - When Krishna asked Yudhishthira to find out one bad person in the country he came empty handed and when Duryodhana was asked to find out one good person he was empty handed. Thus in the eyes of Yudhishthira all were good and in the eyes of Duryodhana all were bad.

We cannot change the world. We can change the way we see the world.

Once upon a time there was a King. He ordered his men to make everything green in his kingdom. So all where in green color dress but it was hard for the men to make everything green. So they sort the help of the wise man in the kingdom. He went to the King and gave him a green colored spectacles thus making what ever he sees as green. So if we see an action in a positive way it is positive and green. This can be achieved if you see an action in a positive way. This is easily said than done.