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THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME

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Last week, when I was reflecting with a client, a thought emerged. Why do we consider ourselves indispensable? Though we vehemently disagree that we are not thinking so, our actions and expectations indicate a contrary scenario. How do we expect to be a better leader if we do not appreciate this simple truth in realistic terms: "We are all fillable and need not be perfect, and we could be indispensable". I wrote this poem based on this reflection.


Do you know the Person sitting next to you? 

Yes, I know

The name and the place of stay

The colour of eyes and complexion

May know the height and weight

May also know this Person's

siblings, spouse, and children 

But should I know the Person sitting next to me?

 

He could be a prisoner of

self-victimisation?

Unknown fears, anxieties, and strain-

Does not enjoy the work done

– day in and out. 

Finding it difficult to be a good friend to others

And love self and others.

 

The Person sitting next to you is

undecided, disorganised

Chaos and confusion become intense

He could be writhing in pain inside. 

Would you like to know the Person sitting next to you?

 

The Person sitting next to you has

a right to be a person. 

A right to choose and decide, 

A right to be understood

To be understood – how desperately

We all want it?

Do you know the Person sitting next to you?


The Person sitting next to you is different

Has a potential which is still to be unleashed

There are things this Person can do better.

He has a right and a choice to be active and  

He is an inexhaustible source of energy.

Let the energy be awakened to its full potential

The blockages, the limiting beliefs, get unblocked

 

These blockages are struggling,

within, to get released – 

The strain, anxiety, pain, negativity 

It needs to be removed to create space 

The space of knowing self –

The ability to express gratitude for what the Person is.

Do you want to know the Person sitting next to you?

 

The Person sitting next to you,

A unique world of experience. 

Within the self, there is a world

Premiere of unique experiences going on. 

Experiences which no other person

Has ever had or will ever have. 

Thus, the Person sitting next to you 

Is a cluster of memories of the

Past, and expectations of the future. 

 

The Person sitting next to you is a whole colony of persons, 


Meeting and chatting– within

-during the entire life. 

Something of these people has

entered this Person forever. 

The Person sitting next to you is a community. 

 

Inside lives the father and mother of this Person, 


The boys and girls with whom this Person played most, 

The people with whom this Person went to school, 

All the live things of this world

that came and interacted with the Person. 

They are still deep within. 

The Person sitting next to you is

the greatest miracle you will ever meet. 

The Person sitting next to you is sacred. 

 

With Gratitude.

Wrote on 1st January 2022

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