This is a true story, an incident which took place in one of my friend's life a couple of years back.
It was eleven in the morning.
A colleague of his knocked on his cabin door ,requesting for a word with him. My friend, who was in the middle of a very important meeting, said "Give me some time as I am extremely busy." Dismayed, the person went away only to return after a while. In fact,he went around three to four times but was given the same reply. At around noon, my friend came across his colleague and said, "Oh there you are! You wanted to talk to me ,isn't it? Let's talk." His colleague shook his head and told my friend,"I wanted to tell you that I wanted to commit suicide." Alarmed, my friend said, "Please don't do that." The man looked at him sadly and said "It's too late now. I have already taken poison." He was rushed to the hospital but on the way the man breathed his last as he had taken a deadly poison.
"If only I had listened to him," my friend reproached himself, "This tragedy would have been averted."
From that day onwards, anytime someone wishes to talk to him, however busy he is, he makes sure to take some time off to listen to the person. A human being's life is far more precious than business, he tells himself.
Most often,
We keep on talking
And never listen...
Sometimes, there is a very heavy price to pay for that!
