The best FSM ;)

For the beginners - A finite-state machine (FSM) is an abstract machine that can be in one of a finite number of states. The machine is in only one state at a time

A conversation between my friend Neha and her 4 year old kiddo Riddhi.
Neha: Riddhu, lets sit down and cut your nails.
Riddhi: Why?
Neha: Because big nails are bad for health. Dirt accumulate in them and then while you eat they get inside you stomach and cause you pain. At times you have to go to the doctor too who may give you an injection.
Riddhi: But what if I keep them clean. I will wash them every 30 minutes so that they are clean.
Neha: Well, you cant always do that. Its easier to just keep them short.
Riddhi: Ummm....Ok mamma!

A relieved Neha cuts her nails and comes back smiling to me at her logical victory. But I guess the victory smile was a little too early. Riddhi soon called her back -
Riddhi: Mamma!
Neha: Yes baby?
Riddhi: Why don't you cut your nails too if its easier and healthier to keep them short?

I rolled down the floor laughing. Color drained from the poor Mamma's face as she envisioned her exclusive manicure completely ruined.

Moral of the story: Get you arguments premise checked before you utter them to the best FSM in the world - Kids!!!

Quote

"When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back"

~The book thief

Do your best and leave the rest ;)

I had been on this junction a thousand times but it was only today that I observed him. I guess because the snarl at my end was nastier.

He worked hard - shouting, yelling at people to make way, almost abusing the errant hawkers to move aside. One could not miss the urgency in his voice. He wanted the spot clean and the traffic cleared. Just when he was about to succeed, in walked three cows - guess that makes it an Indian Road post ;). And cows do not pay heed to requests or abuses. They have their own rules and their own leisurely pace. He stood wondering what to do!  And then I saw him doing the unimaginable! He picked up a small bunch of leafy vegetable and bribed the cows to get out of the way into a different path. And lo! They obeyed. He got back to his position and continued to man the traffic. Yet again thanklessly!

For a mind that has been uncontrollably tensed it was a beautiful lesson. Accolades or no; acknowledgements or no; reciprocation or no; our only duty is to do the task to the best of our ability. An act well done should give you peace rather than the outcome.