~ Zer0 – the power of it! ~

“Anything above a Zero in my bank balance would be acceptable to me!” – this quote of my friend whilst I was conversing with him the other day was significant enough for a motivational recording for future references. The guy in question did his Bachelor’s of Science with Mathematics as a honours and went on to do his Masters in finance and statistics from a top notch university in Singapore .

The current Covid situation made him kneel down the footsteps of destiny and as due to unforeseen circumstances lost his source of income – a recurring finance to run the show of everyday living. A chance “Hi” on WhatsApp lead us to a video call after some time – It was almost a decade that I was seeing him, he had changed in appearance, looked mature but handsome and had developed as thorough professional in quick time. The initial formalism just vanished after we started to talk frankly and thus got reminiscent of our childhood we had spent together. It was a beautiful time again for both of us as we started to pin point each other’s tangent moments of childhood – our wives listening to such talks and giggling on circumspect of things they never got to know about us!

Suddenly the mood changed when the topic of jobs and living came to forefront – my friend had just lost a job and was in complete dilemma about his future prospects of living in a country where everything was judged on monthly balances in one’s pocket. Though he seemed to be down, he certainly was a fighter and he was hoping to get back to business in quick succession. His positive attitude and remarkable thinking and philosophy about life enchanted me to the core – He had not told his family about his current situation and his wife still thought that her husband was doing work from home. He was pretentious enough to login at the same time as he was supposed to be but now the purpose had changed for good. He was doing job search in lieu of his normal office work. He was determined enough to land himself into an earnings stream and positively thought about it with no hiccups whatsoever.

Finally as the talk culminated with exchanging pleasantries of good wishes – he told me one last thing which made him passed through his state of mind – When I lost my job , I had one thing in my mind , that I should not have a ‘Zero’ credited to my bank account next month. Anything above this number is acceptable to me as my pay-cheque – The tricked worked – may be the grand design liked his positive and humble attitude towards living. An unexpected call from him today to share his moments of joy said it all – He was happy and thankful to almighty for testing his waters and faith upon situations, after all the concept he strongly believed in actually did wonders to his life – not to mention the salary he got, though a zero but lot of them after a natural number!