Did you drink MILK today???

I'm going back almost 15 years with this one :) I was at high school. It was the same old start to the day, discipline, prayer session etc. All of us in the class were standing up and praying with our hands folded. Not because we wanted God to answer our prayers, but because the beloved principal, Thakkali (The Tomato) was at our class. The mood was serious. Even God wouldn't wish to see 50 odd people standing so seriously. We not praying to Him, but standing out of fear of Thakkali and his nuisance ways :)

Suddenly something out of the ordinary happened. A totally unexpected event and perhaps the most hilarious one in our Class' history. A friend came in late to class. He perhaps didnt realize that the principal was there at class. Of all the questions, he popped up a seemingly mundane, innocuous question to the person standing next to him - "Did you drink Milk today". The rest was history :-D

Bad luck, the Thakkali spotted him. The Class was in splits. We were not able to believe how could someone as something as simple as this, and worst of all get caught. Both the  friends were pulled up, punished, embarrased in front of the class and made to stand outside in the Ground for almost 2 classes :) Our principal, claiming to be strict was a total Douche Bag.

Back to the present, when I was making my tea one morning I recollected the above episode. Seemingly, one of the most innocuous questions('Did you drink milk today?') , presented itself in the most different perspective possible.

Am I following the same set of tasks everyday? It's not about work. Its about the fixed routine I followed when everything was alright. The seemingly boring  and simple day to day tasks like having my daily cup of tea, reading the newspaper, a 'Hi' to the security guards every morning etc.

However less significent they may seem in the overall scheme of the day, these simple actions are signs that I am  alright, normal when I  start my day. When I compare the days where I missed my routine with the normal days, its seems pretty apparent that I am not at my best throughout the day.

Being aware of the routine, goes a long way in determining for onself if he/she is starting off the day in a normal way. Some days may be an exception, but often it was a good indicator of one's  mental makeup at the start of the day.

Looks like the genius classmate of mine who asked "Did you drink milk today" was not so naive after all. May be he was just checking if things were normal. Thanks to Thakkali, he spent a couple of hours kneeling down in the Hot Sun and Tarred basketball court.

So, "Did you drink Milk today?"

Good day,

- Kaushik