Everyday Geeta

March 27, 2013 Recently I changed my job of 20+years. As I rode up the escalator on the day of reckoning, what do I find but this...A lady in front of me who had a tattoo <i>"and this too shall pass"</i>. As I always say, there is a Geeta shloka for every occasion. There are at least two that apply here. The easy one is: मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ||२-१४|| maatraasparshaastu kaunteya shiitoshhNasukhaduHkhadaaH . aagamaapaayino.anityaastaa.nstitikShasva bhaarata .. 2-14.. The contacts of senses with objects, O son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold, pleasure and pain, have a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O descendant of Bharata. The need for a job, brings one to an employer assuming you have the right skill set. That job must have a start date and end date, it will have its share of joys and sorrows, highs and lows. It is only the foolish who act as if their jobs are guar...