Learning to count my blessings

This does seem to be an admirable skill trying to see the silver lining even when one is in deep sh*t.

I landed in US for the first time in summer when the weather was warm and pleasant. Lots of people land in peak winter welcomed by blizzards and snowstorms. Yeah, I too have the experience of landing in Michigan in January in a small-town accompanied by heavy snow-fall.!

I landed in Boston which had a pretty good public transport system(trains and buses) eliminating the need for me to buy a car which is the de-facto means of transport for the majority.

My car is currently in the workshop undergoing major repairs burning a big hole in my wallet but wait, it again has happened in summer and hence I am walking to office.

Walking to office implicitly means that my house is pretty close-by(less than 2 miles) which is a luxury for most Americans.

Walking to office also has an additional benefit of burning the unwanted calories in my ever-growing tummy as a consequence of eating yummy food.

Most importantly, it gives me time to ruminate and contemplate every day on various events. In short, I am having an opportunity to spend 30 minutes all for myself in the morning and evening which is a rarity for most people, these days. Hope the world envies me.

Minneapolis is a great place to be in summer. I am glad that I am not in Arizona, California or Florida in which case, I would be sweating and puffing my way to office.

Every dark cloud has a silver lining huh..

I have been hit by a thunderbolt.....

Wow, that was one nice whammy that wacked my head..!!

How did this thought not cross my head so far.. Anyway, better late than never..

Let me explain..

In the natural process of evolution, the world chooses the most hardiest and fittest species. Now all places in this world are not equal atleast from the point of view of opportunities.

Some places/countries have far few opportunities or looked at it another way, a ton of people chasing it. This breeds a few qualities unconsciously in those people.

1) Fierce sense of competition to spot and grab the opportunities.
2) Insecurity of missing the bus and a sense of feeling "left out "..
3) Greed to make maximum use of a given opportunity often ending up extracting maximum juice from a given chance to perform.

All this seems totally strange to others(those who are used to having less competition and more opportunities) looking at this spectacle from outside.

As a by-product of this phenomenon, people from highly populous countries like India and China end up being one of the most adaptable and hardiest of human species eligible to be the most probable subset of human species capable of surviving and excelling under the most demanding situations.

Coming to a unconnected but related point, "Chindians" can also hence be classified as the least sympathizable group of humans since they can survive under very compelling conditions.

I rest my argument.