This evening,I wanted to buy some medicines and
hence went to a medical shop.The pharmacist had ordered a cup of coffee
(obviously for himself...its in PUNE anyways ) from nearby
restaurant.And a waiter has just arrived before I reached there.So I
thought of waiting till he settles down the waiter.
The pharmacist told the waiter to pour half of the coffee into another cup.While the waiter tried to pour it from one cup to the another,he spilled most of it...It wasn't something unusual.Pouring coffee from one cup to another has always been a Herculean task even for ME.
But what happened next was AMAZING...The pharmacist took the cup and he himself poured the coffee into another cup without spilling a single drop.I was surprised to see that and wondered how did he pulled it out ???
When asked about it, the pharmacist said,"we generally hold the cup in hand in an inclined manner.So when we pour it by holding the cup so, the angle made by the cup with our hand changes at every point of time,and the stream so formed is not uniform,resulting the coffee to spill.On the contrary if we hold the cup in hand perpendicularly and then pour the coffee, the angle of cup with our hand remains the same (90 degree ) throughout the process, forming a steady stream of the drink and fills the other cup without spilling..."
I was amazed to listen such a supersonic explanation from a pharmacist....and so the Curious 'me' asked him that how did he knew such a wonderful logic behind something as silly as pouring coffee from one cup to the another...???
Smiling at my obvious question he said to me that he is a professor and that he taught physics for 30 years in Ferguson College...
I remembered that even I have studied the same physics but why didn't I think in the same way....???
Standing there I remembered something my dad always used to tell me- "knowledge when applied, becomes wisdom..."
I had the similar set of knowledge as the pharmacist (now turned professor ) had...but I failed when it came to apply it... THE WISDOM TEST...
While I was standing there lost in my own thoughts , the pharmacist was done with the coffee...
I asked if I could fill the cup with the water and try the same..??? "OK" he said.
I filled the cup with water and tried pouring it into the other cup in the manner told by him...and to my surprise, it worked...!!!
The water flowed down the cup into another one without spilling...
But what I could see was not the water,
but THE WISDOM FLOWING DOWN THE CUP...!!!
The pharmacist told the waiter to pour half of the coffee into another cup.While the waiter tried to pour it from one cup to the another,he spilled most of it...It wasn't something unusual.Pouring coffee from one cup to another has always been a Herculean task even for ME.
But what happened next was AMAZING...The pharmacist took the cup and he himself poured the coffee into another cup without spilling a single drop.I was surprised to see that and wondered how did he pulled it out ???
When asked about it, the pharmacist said,"we generally hold the cup in hand in an inclined manner.So when we pour it by holding the cup so, the angle made by the cup with our hand changes at every point of time,and the stream so formed is not uniform,resulting the coffee to spill.On the contrary if we hold the cup in hand perpendicularly and then pour the coffee, the angle of cup with our hand remains the same (90 degree ) throughout the process, forming a steady stream of the drink and fills the other cup without spilling..."
I was amazed to listen such a supersonic explanation from a pharmacist....and so the Curious 'me' asked him that how did he knew such a wonderful logic behind something as silly as pouring coffee from one cup to the another...???
Smiling at my obvious question he said to me that he is a professor and that he taught physics for 30 years in Ferguson College...
I remembered that even I have studied the same physics but why didn't I think in the same way....???
Standing there I remembered something my dad always used to tell me- "knowledge when applied, becomes wisdom..."
I had the similar set of knowledge as the pharmacist (now turned professor ) had...but I failed when it came to apply it... THE WISDOM TEST...
While I was standing there lost in my own thoughts , the pharmacist was done with the coffee...
I asked if I could fill the cup with the water and try the same..??? "OK" he said.
I filled the cup with water and tried pouring it into the other cup in the manner told by him...and to my surprise, it worked...!!!
The water flowed down the cup into another one without spilling...
But what I could see was not the water,
but THE WISDOM FLOWING DOWN THE CUP...!!!
