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A Cinderella Story Retold
DOES ONE SIZE REALLY FIT ALL ?
My shoe size is 6, and today I belong to the rather long list of women with a 6 shoe size. For a teenager, it was rather large, and I often wondered, ‘What if Cinderella had a shoe size 6?’ The result would’ve been the courtiers coming back to report, “Prince eighteen women and one man fit into the shoe, you can choose whom you want to marry, and the man is rather sweet looking”.
Talking about sizes, at a 5”9’ I have a rather petite figure, and a few years ago I remember going to Weekender Kids to pick up tee-shirts for myself. If we were all similar, we would come in regular sizes, 5 X 4 or 6 X 5, which would mean 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide for a woman, 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide for a man. Now, wouldn’t that be boring. Just imagine, no more Mr. India or Miss World contests, no more getting that designer to specially design a dress for you (everything would be your size), and no more spending endless hours on yoga/aerobics or exercise.
Men are often advised, ‘Women are attracted by a little bit of mystery and unpredictability’, and this more than often ends up in a man trying to be mysterious, unpredictable, but turning out to be outright weird. There goes the woman of your dreams, running out through the front door. Gentlemen, find what works for you, and your lady love. Every person is different. There is no ‘one shoe fits all situation’ in real life. Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but if we had everything that fit, would we strive to attain something better. While there is no point in re-inventing the wheel, have you ever tried running a truck on cycle tyres? Would you attach a Maruti 800 tyre to your BMW?
To me, a ‘one shoe fits all’ situation is like looking for a travel blog, and finding job placements, health, motivation, morbidity, share market, news, all stuffed on the same page. Just imagine the time you would waste in scanning through unnecessary stuff only because you decided to take a short trip.
“What is the secret of your success?” How many times have we looked at a successful person and wondered? What if I told you the secret? What if I told you the magic that makes it work? People who say there are rules to success are only partially correct. While there may be guidelines to success, there is absolutely no sure shot method to prove than any method is fool proof. Also, if plan A works for a particular person, there is no reason to believe that plan B can’t work for you. For all you know, you may need a plan Z.
Then there are the other extremes, ‘Suresh is such a loser, he has a dream job, a dream wife and a dream car, yet he sulks all day’. My friend, for all you know Suresh may have a tax problem, or stress that kills him. Maybe your dreams are his nightmares, when he coughs up for maintenance. They may be your dreams, but he may dream differently. The key lies in knowing what you want and achieving to find it, and you do not need Cinderella’s Fairy God Mother.
A former world contestant was advised before a championship, ‘nobody wears jeans to a contest, you have to be in a business suit.’ He wore the jeans, and he won. Every person is brought up in different circumstances, we come from different backgrounds and we have different talents. So if Emma achieved an Award, and you achieved the same Award, you and Emma may be two completely different people with two completely different contest levels, and completely different weaknesses and strengths. We often hear people say, ‘practice makes a man perfect’. In my case, too much of practice wears me out. How much is too much? You will know.
The magic lies in creating your own magical formula. The secret is in finding what works for you. Whether you are a size 6 or a size 4 or a size 11, whether you have flat feet, or arched ones, whether you prefer heels, or flats, you are unique and precious. Find that unique shoe that fits you.
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