The thin line….

How to stop at that thin line? This question has always been evolved in my mind on many occasions. Those occasions are not of sad kind. They are the moments filled with joy of achievement. The thin line lies between “enjoying the achievement” and “show off”. It’s really a tough task to watch that thin line in those moments, but it is very essential when the society has an eye on you. I could remember a small ritual use to be followed in my hometown. If a person achieves or succeeds any thing and it has reached the people around him/her. The family chief use to do “thirusti kalitthal” (in Tamil) to get rid off others’ greed on this success. Expecting the time to teach me the way of finding the thin line….