Self-confidence and a sense of power are parts of one’s personality. Some people have these qualities inherently and others should acquire them. These have not much to do with your status or position in society.
I got inspired to write this piece by a grass cutter, who was employed as casual labor to cut the wild growth of the grass in our residential compound.
The builder and the early occupants of my residential colony did not think that the occupants of this middle-class colony would ever buy a car. Therefore no house had a car parking facility. However now with increased income and plenty of loan facilities, every household has a small or big car. Most of the people have made makeshift car shades to park their cars and save them from sun and rain. A few residents kept their cars on one side of the road outside their houses. I have made a tin shade to keep my car.
Today morning somebody rang my doorbell. When I opened the door I found a man with a handheld mechanical grass cutter. Before I could ask anything from him he said, “Please remove your car I am going to clean the area. The way he told me conveyed I had to follow his instructions. Every six months the grass is cut in our colony. Nobody disturbed us like this. The grasscutter would do his job and go, we only heard the sound of his grass cutting machine. But this man was different. I came out and saw all the cars lined up outside of the colony. I followed suit. I felt a little irritated and did not feel the necessity of removing the car. But he cut the grass and cleaned the area so thoroughly that I could not help but appreciate his methodical approach to his work and the pride he took in his work. this pride must have given him the confidence he showed.
