Quotient of Quotients

Quotient: A result obtained by dividing one quantity by another; a degree or amount of a specified quality.

A person of high IQ will stand first. A person of high EQ will stand apart A person with SQ will stand serene
— VSV

As I was inured in the aroma of fresh filter coffee,
I heard the wife reading the newspaper in a lilting voice,
“A school boy has an IQ higher than Einstein”

“What is intelligence?” I queried myself
Reading my mind, The wife who is a teacher gave the reply:
“It is synonym of cleverness, the ability to Learn and apply knowledge and skills”

She continued in her musical voice:
“IQ — Intelligence Quotient — is a number that tells of a person’s reasoning ability.
“Just a number?”
“Compared to statistical average of 100.
People with IQ over 120 are superior; those below 60 are defective…”
“Is intelligence alone enough for a happy life?”

The daughter who is studying psychology spoke:
You require EQ — Emotional Intelligence
Not to be overjoyed at success, not to drown in sorrow at Failures”

The son who is majoring in Philosophy intervened:
“More than anything You need WQ — Wisdom Quotient
There is a chasm that divides knowledge from Wisdom!”

The Grandfather interrupting his prayers interjected:
For a blissful life you need SQ — Spiritual Quotient”
See oneself in others and others in oneself- The Oneness of all”

IQ, EQ, WQ, SQ: All the Q’s queued up one after other in my mind.
For the fun of it, I began extending the Queue with other Q’s
It goes like this:

SyQ — Sympathy quotient,
CQ — Courtesy quotient,
PQ — Patient Quotient,

TQ- Tolerance Quotient,
GQ — Gratitude Quotient

And more on Justice, Honesty, Loyalty, Laughter and more

Having thought about the positive quotients, I Began queuing up some negative Qualities

AQ- Anger Quotient,
GQ — Greed Quotient,
WQ- Worry Quotient,
JQ-Jealousy Quotient,
HQ- Hatred Quotient

And more on Enmity,Parochialism, Pride, Grumpiness and more

Now take this simple Q test:
To the Positives give yourself points in a scale of 0–10
To the negative, give in a reverse scale of 10–0
If you are highly sympathetic you get 10 out 10
If you never get angry you get 10 out of 10

Sum them up for all Q’s- You get your QQ! (Quotient of Quotients)
If you have a high QQ, you have a life full of mirth and Joy, Love and laughter
If not, don’t lose heart, there is always Hope to increase the QQ
As the Bard has said, “Hope to joy is little less in joy than hope enjoyed”

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