Coolly perfect or Perfectly cool??

The sage pondered over this “Which is more fruitful? Being a perfect man or being a cool guy??” And like all sages, wanted to test this out practically. He handpicked two young men in the city, transformed one person to Mr. Perfect and the other Mr. Cool. He then transformed himself into a young innocent guy, became a mutual friend of them both and monitored the life of the two persons to find his answer. He was in for a surprise…

Mr. P was a sincere and dedicated guy, who planned every event in his life scrupulously. He made sure to anticipate happenings and was prepared for every situation. He believed in being on time for things and was an ardent follower of the saying “kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so abb,pal mein paralai hoyegi bahuri karega kab” He aimed for very high things for he knew he was capable and was a staunch believer that anything done with devotion always ends in a success. He maintained everything in his life perfectly; the cleanliness, the orderliness, the discipline; everything in his life was unblemished. Everyone around him envied him for his qualities but since he wasn’t all that outspoken (or he didn’t have time for friends), his fans were numbered and people remained distant. He expected all around him to be like him, which did not happen. The imperfection in the world irked him for he couldn’t accept the fact that people can be careless about trivial things. Yes he was indeed successful in almost everything he touched. But he couldn’t stand the occasional failure that he came across. He couldn’t believe that there are things which can go wrong to a person who has achieved infinite perfection in his life. The sage oversaw him crying incessantly after very small letdowns. “This guy is ill prepared to face this cruel world” he deduced…

Mr. C was a carefree and good-for-nothing bloke who took ‘life as it comes’. He had no plans about his future, was disordered and still was happy with it. He never aimed for big things and consequently didn’t achieve anything great. But he always took failures, however huge they are, in their strides and was over-the-moon when he got something out of luck. He derived happiness in small things and was oblivious to the bigger ones. He had a huge fan following and people liked to be with them. Girls labeled him a ‘sweet rascal’. There was an intangible charisma around him which made everyone still back and gawk at him and his way of life. He always made fun of others; Mr. P for being such an idiot and not enjoying things when they ought to be; termed our sage as Mr. Fruit for being so innocent and innocuous. Life seemed so easy and gay to him. “He isn’t going to achieve anything this way” the sage construed…

The sage was left disappointed. He could not find the answer to his question. It boiled down to whether “success or happiness” is more important. But wait; suddenly it struck him. He as an innocent guy who was neither perfect nor cool was more happy and satisfied than both Mr. P and Mr. C and now having found the answer, was more successful than them. Yes, being a Mr. Fruit is more fruitful in this world!!

P.S:This post has nothing to with Saraswathy Sabatham, the tamil movie :D :D