Busy, busy

However, the modern executive is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he is too busy to enjoy. A chief executive8217;s wife was grumbling, 8220;His BMW remains idle for 21 days in a month. He should have bought a plane instead!8221; And her son has scribbled on his door: 8216;Please be patient with an extremely busy father!8217; Most wives, of course, brag about how busy their husbands are, and this leads to competition at a cocktail party.

It is also rumoured that the American millionaires are marrying their secretaries, because they are so busy making money that they have no time to look at other women.

A psychologist tells me that these people must be warned about the bareness of a busy life. It is not about how busy you are but why you are so busy. He elaborates his point further, 8220;If the business keeps them so busy that they have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong with them or with their business!8221;

I observe that even the young people have been inspired by their peers. I hear them brag, 8220;I have been so busy that in the last two years I have not been on a holiday!8221; Being busy is fast becoming a status symbol.

The second category of people are further of two kinds: those who pretend to be busy and those who have got rid of their pretensions. The pretenders have to work very hard to convince people that they are busy. If the Parliament8217;s seats are vacant during sessions, we have to presume they are busy in their constituencies; if a public servant lights up the red light on his door, he must be engrossed in solving the country8217;s problems.

I think doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing. I admire people who can stand up and announce, 8220;I am gentleman of leisure!8221;

As one of them said, 8220;After all, life seems but a quick succession of nothings!8221;