Dearest Darling Friends,

No matter how great the provocation was, my boss Gagandeep always managed to stay cheerful. I used to call him Boss G.

One day, I asked him, if this was an inborn quality in him?

Boss G smiled and confessed, “Till my 30s, I used to get angry often. One evening, we were to go to a wedding together and he had come a little early. While he was waiting at our office’s reception lounge, he heard me screaming at a colleague.”

Boss G went silent for a few seconds and in the background I could hear the gentle humming of the AC.

With a pensive smile Boss G looked away from at me and said…

“While returning home, both of were in a great mood. We were excitedly chatting about how good the wedding was. After a while, my father-in-law became quiet.”

I enquired, ‘Is everything ok”? In his answer, in measured terms, he said, ‘Anyone who angers you, has conquered you.’

That one statement by his father-in-law, was the turning point in Boss G’s life.

He looked at me and said, ‘Since that day, I decided NOT TO ALLOW anyone to conquer me. Once that decision was taken, cheerfulness became easy.’

Boss G’s story became a turning point for me too. So, here is a commitment that I am making to you. You will always find me cheerful.

As a result of that, every time you ask me, ‘Naren, how are you?’, irrespective of what I going through in life, my answer will always be on the lines of, ‘I am on Top of the World’.

How are you my friend?

With love, prayers and best wishes,