A colleague of mine who had been pulled up last month for being sluggish and inefficient, died of stomach cancer last week. There was so much chatter about his performance and how he needs to put on PIP. He took a couple of weeks off to get his head right, went to the doctor

And learnt by chance he has an advanced level of cancer and then couple of weeks later passed away. That’s it..just like that! Another reminder of how cruel life is. During that entire time..people spent days in analysing how many hours he needs to reverse in his timesheet

But not so much in reaching out and checking how he was. We take so many things including life for granted..safely assume that when people turn up for work they bring their 100% selves to the workplace. Zero consideration for what a day/week/month he or she might be having.

Even the “hope you’re well” and “how are you”s we casually throw around are to just meet a societal norm than coming from any point of actual concern. We expect to be treated better yet treat others in the same way we don’t like being treated. Another day where you

@ajaw_ ❤️

@ariad_n ❤️

@ajaw_ Take care of yourself da

@bulletpaandy Yaa thanks machi.. you too! ❤️

@ajaw_ This is extremely heartbreaking.

@Nivi_Chandru It is..the saddest thing is people will get back onto their lives and usual ‘busy’ness in no time:

@ajaw_ I’m sorry for your loss da. This is truly heartbreaking.

@Kumbudu_saami To be honest I didn’t know the person. He was helping out in some parts of the project. But this just stuns you and puts everything back into perspective.

@ajaw_ Huggs jaw. This is a stark reminder of how fleeting everything is and how every moment is precious. Being kind (to oneself and to others as much as possible) is something we can all do. You take care 🤗

@jiljilramamani Hugs! So true everything you said! You take care too 🤗

@ajaw_ So sad, and a reminder for consciously putting on a lens of compassion.

@kris_rxn Should be a basic need I’d think

@ajaw_ Being kind is a superpower now

@ramya_ranjini Should be basic RR! 🫤

@ajaw_ Heartbreaking this. Hugs macha 🫂❤️

@i_sreenivas ❤️❤️

@ajaw_ Sorry to hear! 😌

@vinodsundaram 🙏🙏

@ajaw_ Sorry for your loss... This thread is painful, hard-hitting. It's a sad disappointing state, we need everyday reminder: "You never know what someone is going through. So be kind."

@Madhumathi_Inks Yes so true 🙏❤️