MY COMMANDING OFFICER ALWAYS TOLD ME TWO THINGS WHICH REALLY STRUCK A DEEP CHORD

He said….

1. Everyday when you go to bed ask your buddy to fix up your uniform and hang it up on the wall
opposite your bed.

When you get into bed look at that uniform and ask yourself… What happens if I don’t wear this
uniform and try to enter any army installation?

The answer is far from being saluted! You will be stopped at the gate and questioned!

And if your buddy wears this uniform and walks past the quarter guard, he will get a salute.

So the salute was not for you, it was for the uniform hanging on that wall which made you are
but remember it’s not going to be yours forever! It will go away one day.
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR IT!

2. Everyday when you finish work make every one leaves your office,
Get up from your chair, walk across to the other side, sit down and look at your chair.

There were so many orders you passed today thinking they were very important.

But tomorrow someone else will sit on that same chair and may reverse all your orders
rubbishing them.

The orders you passed thinking you were an important person was actually the chair which was
passing them. And that chair is only temporary! It’s not going to be yours forever! It just gave
you some temporary powers which will be gone the moment you leave the chair!

Use the powers given to you judiciously. Use it to write your name in GOLD, use it to wipe away
tears from the faced of the less privileged in our society. Use it for nation building and not with
arrogance to prove your superiority!

May I ask you

What are you using your uniform or chair for today?

- Are you using them to bring people down and show them where power lies?
- Are you using them to help friends and cronies even when it is not their time and just
because they salute you every morning?
- Are you using them to divide and rule and create enemity?
What are you using them for?

- Remember the person today you are using your uniform or chair to destroy may be the one
that will tomorrow supervise your child, nephew, niece, grandson, granddaughter, stepchild,
your sister or brother.

How will you feel if the same is repeated on all these people?

- Think, my brother, my sister think. For you do not know tomorrow.

- Use your uniform or chair to promote the betterment of all
- Be a mother, father, sister, brother, a friend to all.
- Hate none, love all. Tomorrow is unknown.