Different shades of life...

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First shade - As a husband: My day (yesterday i.e. 31st May 2010) began with a small (very very small) misunderstanding with my better half. I thought that my whole day is ruined today. I started from my home with a different feel in my heart. The speed of wind was very high. The decibel of a bee sound was very high. The weight of a leaf was very high. The intensity of sun was too high. Anyway I have to go to office else the work pressure will be too high. FYI The last said unit always dominates the remaining units in corporate life.

Second shade - As a Chennaite: My colleague who gives me a missed call once she boards the train in her station gave the missed call when I stepped out of my flat. Now suddenly I realized that I have very limited time to reach railway station to board my train. I started taking faster steps but my inner calculation said that this speed is not enough to board the train. So I started with a brisk walking. Even this is not enough so I had to run till main road.
 
I reached the railway station when I heard the screeching sound of train brakes applied. I started running again to board the train. When I was running to board the train I was interrupted with a call from my friend. I ignored the call and started running and boarded the train successfully.
 
Third shade - As an IT freak: I reached office on time. Only when I reached my desk I started visualizing the numbered bullet points of my pending tasks carried over from last week. The numbered bullets were till 5 I guess. I started working on each and every task. I had few discussions and explorations for the new project I am working. Now that I have dived completely in my work I got a call from my little friend.
 
Fourth shade - As a friend: When I answered my little friend he said “I am going for onsite in few days. Your treat for your wedding and promotion in life as a dad is pending. So let us plan for today.” Saying this he called for a conference with my remaining friends. Now it’s anonymously decided that we are going for a treat. But where? Started using the www.justdial.com website and decided that we will go to Barbeque Nation restaurant. So I called the restaurant manager and found that the tables are booked and the next available table is at 9:45PM which is too late for us. So we decided to go to Pizza Hut, Adyar.
 
Fifth shade - As a family within friends: Now one of my friend called me and said “Is it OK if I could bring my sister for the treat? I will pay the bill for her”. I just shouted at him and said “Are you insulting me? Bring your sister for the treat I will pay for her also”. In few minutes another friend of my mine called me and said “Is it OK if I could bring my wife for the treat? I will pay the bill for her”. I shouted at him also and said “Are you insulting me? Bring your wife for the treat I will pay for her also”. So now our strength became 10 from 8.
 
Sixth shade - As a party host: We assembled near my office gate and boarded two autos to reach the venue. 7/10 reached the venue on time. 8th guest is my friend’s wife and 9 and 10 are my friend and his sister. Now one of my friend who reached earlier had ordered for Masala lemonade. When I settled down he asked permission from me for ordering the drink. I didn’t know how to react there. I said “Are you insulting me? Order anything of your own choice I will pay the bill”. By this time my friend’s wife also reached the venue. Now we have to wait for remaining two. Now the little friend of mine asked me “Shall I order this or this?” I said “Are you insulting me? Order anything of your own choice I will pay the bill.” So finally we arrived at a decision and ordered 5 meal for two pizzas. By this time now the remaining two also reached the venue. The spicy, tasty, hot pizzas decorated our table soon and vanished from the table soon. I paid the bill and we started home.
 
Conclusion: In our day to day life we have to be in more than one shade. Difficulty in these shades are the smooth transition we need to handle when we shift between shades. The impression / effect / result of one shade should impact the another shade only if the output is positive. Else it will spoil the next shade. Hope you understand the “Concept of Shading”.

Note:
  • The misunderstanding with my better half in the first shade got resolved somewhere within the fourth shade. 
  • I replied to my friend in third shade who called me in second shade. 
  • I completed the tasks in fifth shade that I had in third shade.

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