What Is the Best Time You Had?

Recall a time when you have been at your best and did your best work. What does this teach you about your own strengths and gifts?

I don't know whether that was the time when I was at my best but that time does let me know a lot about my hidden strength. It was when I was having my internship with Infosys. Every Infoscion is well aware of the kind of pressure an intern faces during training. 9-5 classes, loads of assignments, exams, hands on and so on. A friend of mine lost her grandmother during the internship. I don't say that she was my closest friend but her pain and loneliness drew me towards her. She was lost and I wanted to bring her back so that she might not end up losing an opportunity and regret later. She flunked two of her tests. I did not want her to flunk the third and be out of the company. I used to be with her, help her get out of the sanguine thoughts and make her realize time and again that there was something very important for which she had come over there. I used to take out time of no time to help her with the lessons that she missed when she was in her blues; made her work and helped her smile sometimes which she rarely used to do as she had inherited a loss recently. Those were long tiring days when I took care of my own as well as my friend's studies.

I can't forget those tear filled eyes when she thanked me after getting through all the tests and getting confirmed as a permanent employee of Infosys. That incident in my life let me know that I have the capability of not only putting myself into other person's shoe but also be a helping hand in someone's tough times even though the other person is not a family.