Condoleezza Rice provides food for thought!

Dear Sri,

When i read u , my indian whiskey tastes better than scotch.You save me a lot of money dear friend.And aligning with MIL.HAHA. u are the limit.Great one.Regards.kamal

 

Being good to everyone is non-starter. Be Good and Do Good policy applies individually but when we are caught between the two, we have to make a judgment call. Remaining neutral is like changing the gear of the car to neutral in the middle of the highway. We will be hit by fast moving vehicles.

At work, if two people were fighting, we are asked to be the mediator, if we try to be neutral, we will be branded indecisive manager by both parties besides the boss making a bad evaluation. But still, the survival is not at question.

However, ff we maintain neutral situation in a fight between mother and wife, the husband needs to be ready to receive ballistic missiles from the kitchen, in case of aggressive wife, which could match or even exceed the performance of the precision bombing in Afghanistan. If he has a moderate wife, the husband should be prepared to find a good ENT specialist to stop the bleeding from the ears. If he has a soft-spoken wife, the husband needs to quickly learn swimming lessons or buy a life support to wear around the hip, as the house is likely to be flooded with her tears. So the choice is to die out of missile attack or bleed to death or death by drowning. Who in the right frame of mind would leave wife to defend herself? Mother is always on the son's side anyway and it is always about winning the heart of the wife. Many times, the fight is merely a trial of strength and the son/husband should not walk into a booby trap on his own. In situations like this, the husband better behave like a "Pambaram" that is just released after unwinding the rope around its groove. Just stay with the flow.

When such a fight starts, the husband should switch off the television, radio, etc. as accidentally, by no fault of the husband, the program might telecast/broadcast the song, "Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri di?" adding fuel to the fire.

Viswa

 

I don't have any respect or give value to C. Rice's statement or for that matter any politicians' statements. They are always sitting on the wall like a cat , to jump to any side or contradict their own statements.....whichever is favourable to them politically. So, as you said let us leave that aspect to seasoned analysts.Beyond my comprehension.

In personal lives...weakness with me is not to support anyone and be safe by being away from the conflicting scene( I thought so). I thought I would be appreciated by both the sides. No!!!! both are against us. And when we need some help from one of them they are not ready and sulky against us that we have not supported them and keep away from us. So, both the policies have their own pluses and minuses. We have to deal with our problems in our own way...it is also a kind of solitude. It is difficult to say No sometimes fearing the wrath we get by saying No. But saying No when we ought to say No...is good for mental health. In Chicken Soup series of books.....one of it says....by saying YES or NO when we want to at least one would be honest to oneself and conscience would be clear and we are peaceful with ourselves, if not with everyone around us. Isn't that a good thing?Atleast I am "ME". And I am sure in the long run people would accept us to what we are.