World as I Think

I have always felt that value system is a continuum measuring the same thing, its all about where we are comfortable being stationed, you cannot rigidly define something as right or wrong based on the purpose, for we can never completely understand the outcome. Even if the rules apply then, there is very little chance that we can carry it forward for the rest of our life.

As I was on a DVD buying spree last Saturday, this view got even more staunch and raunchy. I was escorted by a fellow friend to this "Pirate" shop which was a snooky place and it too crooky even for two people. We bought almost 20 DVDs, the shopkeeper agreed to price a disc at around Rs 40/- .I was fairly fine with it as I buy it around Rs 70/- at my place, what a bargain for me anyway. My friend was haggling for a lower price, I said "We spend lavishly on so many things and this Rs 5/- is not going to make any difference; It would make a lot of difference to them".

The deal was done, as I walked, he said "Fool", I said "what??????”My friend was a banker, He gave a starchy fact which paved a parchy look on me "There is no moral hegemony that you can assume, You know what, that guy has deposited 25 lacs in our bank and has about 15 lacs in the bank which is above us?". I felt like quacking, I was a demeaned flacker.
The selfish gene knows how to survive, for it is its basic instinct

There is a friend of mine living in another part of the world on a assignment, he uttered a strange statement which still intrigues me. He said that he would not invest in mutual funds in India because he did not want a return for which he had not "intelligently" applied himself; to be short he was not interested in free money. I didn't reply then, I was shouting in my mind "Do you think it is fair to earn in foreign currency and translate into a rupee which is at least 10 times more for the same job in India”. Leave alone the contention whether the domestic salary is justified, he was exploiting currency arbitrage and adding to inflation.
You can forgo the sugar candy, for you have a chocolate truffle in your lunchbox

Last year, a friend of mine was facing a dilemma about taking one of the two offers he had, one of them was an eye boggler when it came to pay package and the other one strict "enjoy your work" profile with a moderate package. I knew from his talks that he had already decided to forgo the later and I knew his staunch views that life can be sustained only with money and others would ensue. He asked for my view, I knew it was not worth arguing or convincing him, for he can never understand it unless he experiences it, good content job with a moderate salary is a great "happiness churner" than bad job with a great salary. I gave him hints but nothing could change his direction, Inertia prevailed over momentum. After a couple of months he resigned his high perky job and took the happy content job.
Nobody can teach experience, reasoning can, but nobody wanna try it unless experience invokes it

In my view, there is no selfless act I have witnessed, for helping others even at our expense give us happiness!.Wisdom is not in adopting rules but understanding them, so is value system!

(PS: even the story tags in Italics are futile rules but you never know)