Attitude

The cook didn't turn up today. My initial reaction was one of irritation.Cooking is not really a passion with me. Yet when I went into the kitchen, put on some music and started, I found myself enjoying the process. And I remembered what a swami at Ramakrishna a Mission had told me once. He had spoken to me of attitude. He had given me an example of a homemaker who has to deal with hungry guests 

turning up late at night after she has finished with her day's work. She has to cook again. She has two choices. The first choice is thinking "Oh, what a bother!" and doing the work. The second choice is thinking that the guests are hungry and she is taking care of them by feeding them. In both the options, she does the work. In the first choice she does not find any joy in her work while in the second choice, the same work gives her joy. The swami then asked me," What would you choose ?"

29th November, 2012