... it happened again this year

Oh no no..not again!!!

Not until this morning i saw him sorrowful in the same way i saw him the last year. It wasnt something new with him, he dint want to go with the lines "History repeats!!!" but it kept working with him, at least till this time. All alone, he knows that he rocks but when he sees himself trying to get placed beside someone who is a so called peer group, he gets pinched. Not that he doesnt really stand comparable, it may be more of a reason like 'Compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges' which gets him pinched.

It's the most eagerly awaited or most hated time for the people of his profession. It's nothing great but the Appraisal time.

Sigh!! i know you all have got a feeling of a sigh by now... Clouds have blocked the sunlight coming in.. he is stuck.. badly down and he was just one step away from dripping a few pearls from his sweet eyes... he is well aware that they are no more with him and if at all he had, they are no worth dropping them for a reason of this kind.

It has become a routine thing for him that he is always rated when compared to someone who is already destined to be rated the Best. He should have got habituated by now but unfortunately he isnt. Inspite of beautiful promising comments in the over all section which hardly matters when it has to, the appraiser has rated him nothing interesting saying that he is yet to work on something he hasnt. In fact, the appraiser should have rated him on what he worked on and the way he worked on with. I pity on this guy cos he worked on those things on which he got a chance to work on and he wasnt equipped or authorised enuf to pull something into his bin and start playing with it.

He worked on something or he did dare to start working on something that he never saw till the date he picked it for the first time... He passed years thinking that he did better this year every year but ridiculosly he was rated the same every year. hehe!! Not knowing what should be on his mind he is confused, worried, terrified etc... "Where do i go?" "Where am i?" etc are the kind of questions or thoughts tossing on his mind, for he has been at the same place where he started. Is he NOW HERE or NO WHERE?

I would not say that i am tired of consoling this sweet buddy of mine but still i feel incomplete for i dont see an immediate way in which i can make him smile... Hope time gives him the wisdom and

courage to face the harsh reality of facing this challenging world.

Hope to see you smiling mere nanhe dost...

Now i gotta wait to see what in the box for me........................................