Reflect before React
One Sunday evening, which happened to be Christmas eve, I was walked into a shopping mall. The automatic front doors swung open, and a happy young couple walked out with their purchases in a trolley and few items in their hands as well. Just after they passed me, I heard the sound of glass shattering and almost immediately, I understood that the champagne glass box that the man was carrying in his hand, seemingly purchased for a Christmas party, had fallen and broken into pieces. The man bent down to remove the pieces while the woman was very frustrated about their glasses having shattered. I could clearly see that their faces were not the same happy faces I saw few minutes ago. Sparks of frustration and anger emitted between each other. Their immediate reaction was to blame each other for what happened. Just like this couple, in many instances in our life don't we all do the same? Flash our reaction without assessing the situation properly onl...