The Field Demands Rain

The Field Demands Rain- by Ajit Parida

A dry parched land can only have the ream desire for the drops of rain to quench its insatiable thirst. It’s not a luxury but a necessity for the fields to get its due rain. In our country, we face the extremes of conditions due to rain, the lack of it or the excess of it. When the field demands rain, at times, it gets more than its share and the land gets flooded, destroying the productivity of the fields, so also if it gets scanty rain, it looses its very intent to be productive. Isn’t it one of the paradoxical principles of nature that you and I are in? However, here is an extension to the story…

It’s not so with the fields only or with the ample of rain, its very true for each one of us. It makes us wonder why the principles placed in the world works in such a similitude. We as employees in an Organization are under this principle of lack and excess, we too are like the field, as the field requires all its minerals, tilling, etc, and it needs rain more than anything else does. For people like us, with all the perks, development, etc, our rain is “appreciation”.

Appreciation from our supervisor, appreciation from our team members, appreciation from our management, etc. Appreciation like rain has to be very timely, it is just like rain which the field needs before the harvest, if the timing of the rain is wrong then the rain looses its charm and purpose for which it is awaited. For any employee in an Organisation , appreciation is a must. Why appreciate? The simple reasons to which it is directly proportional to are , it increases productivity of the employee and team, encourage them to reach higher goals from themselves, their team and the Organisation. Excess and untimely appreciation often leads to complacency, something very similar to excess rain on the fields- it floods and destroys productivity.

The field demands rain, so also an employee demands appreciation, as the field cannot ensure rain so also an employee cannot ensure appreciation, it has to come when it is due to come. If the timing and quantity is altered, it affects the individuals in an Organization. The supervisor takes the Organisational, Moral and Spiritual responsibility to give the due appreciation to their team members.

It makes me wonder sometimes, how difficult it is for human beings to appreciate each other, what could be the reasons, each one of us know it so I leave it for you deal with it. But something that works as a constant reminder to me is that Somebody could say “it is good” and “very good”, when He created the world. This definitely requires a unselfish downpour of care and concern for the person with whom we work, who envisages a similar vision for the Organisation as we do, and this definitely will lead to “APPRECIATION”.

You ask me, “who needs it?”

I say , “ who doesn’t?”

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