women met Yeah you can guess??? Lots of discussions, exchange of news and views, loads of information. One particular part of their discussion caught my attention. Ono of the ladies, with a lot of interest, was sharing some interesting facts about cockroach. With a lot of amazemont sho was telling how a cockroach can run three miles in an hour and can change directions 25 times in a second. A cockroach could live a long time, perhaps a week, without its head. There wae nonstop excitement in her voice as she continued saying, "A cockroach has amazing adaptability Itcan survive in any climate, in any house condition, inside any crack, ete. Its attennae, which rivals NASA's Global Positioning System, helps ittolocate other cockroaches with State-of-the-art precision Cockroaches could be used to Choose Your Respon An inte Deepak Shinde place surveillance devices in military installations, In fact, a cockroach can survive even an attack of atomic explosion. Suddenly, a cockroach flew from nowhere and sat on her I wondered if this was the cockroach's response to all the Glory that was spoken about it! She started screaming out of fear. With panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started doing stationary jumping. with both herhands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Hor reaction was contagious, as ‘everyone in her group got cranky towhat was happening. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach on to another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the rolay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed its ‘movement on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and Athrevritout Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, "Was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behaviour? I 0, then, why the waiter was not perturbed? He handled it to near pporfoction, without any chaos. It gent person responds; a fool reacts. ig mot the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to the disturbance caused by cockroach that disturbed Indies." realised, “Even in my ease it is not the shouting of my: or my boss that disturbs me is my inability to handle disturbance caused by shouting that disturbs mo. It not the traffic jams on the that disturbs me, but it my inability to handle disturbance caused by the jam that disturbs me. In all, not something that disturbs butitis my inability to handle disturbance caused by tt something that disturbs More than the problem, itis reaction to the problem, hurts me more.” A natural question popped up! my mind, "Then, how do ‘outgrow this limitation?” Lunderstood, “I should not I should always respond. ‘women reacted, whereas ‘waiter responded. Reactions instinctive, whereas are intellectual. Between stimuli (what happens tome) the response (what hi ‘through me) if there is no xeates reaction. But, the stimuli and the res 1 use the gap to think contemplate, then I can thoughtfully. An intel person responds; a fool reacts”