THE SEED CALLED DEPENDABILITY
“In adults, dependability is the fruit of maturity; in a child, it is the seed.” - Richard M. Eyre T he first person to ring our doorbell every morning is the dhoodwala . Sharp at 6:30. At 7:30 sharp, it is the house-keeping lady. At 7:45, the paperwala tucks the newspaper at the door… At nine sharp, the istriwala rings the bell… The maid stands on the door sharp at 9:30… At night, at 8:30, the pavwala (andawala ) rings our bell… These guys haven’t been to school like you and I have… They haven’t heard of Time-management or Personal Leadership theories from Stephen Covey or Brian Tracy… These guys just do their job to earn their daily bread… and, they know, that if they don’t do it well – that is, if they do not show dependability – they will lose it all… Yes, they will starve! So, if the maid tries to act funny on this, take it… she has lost it… So will the rest. There is simply no exception to this most fu...