What will they say(think)?

From what I have seen, there are usually 2 kinds of people. The ones who do what they want to do, not worrying of what others may think/do and the kind who worry too much.

In what aspect you may ask. Well, lets break it down a little. You enter a classroom late. There are 2 seats vacant, one on the last row and another one on the front row. Hurriedly you take the seat on the last row. 2 mins into the lecture, you realise the seat is broken and uncomfortable for seating.

So what's next? Well, for one, if it were me, I would continue to be seated on that broken bench, because, I am mostly afraid of what people will think. I am afraid of what the classroom will react like, if I make that long walk from the last bench to the first one, even though I have a perfectly legitimate reason for my travel.

But on the other hand, someone else will standup and walk towards the chair on the first row.

The difference in the attitude, according to me comes from the answer of a simple question:- 'What will they say(think)?'

For me, the answer is usually very complex and more often than not prevents me from doing whatever I need to do.

Do something without unnecessarily wondering what people will think about me. Mostly the people in the room dont even care what you are doing. But silly as I am, I will ponder as if I am Prince Charles and then decide against doing something unorthodox.

But this gets me to a funny incident. I have never been a good sportsperson. Never. I was mostly on the bench during my limited school-football days. In school, I was in RED house. So during the annual school football tournament, I was selected to represent RED house. Dont get carried away, I was still on the bench.

So fast-forward to the game. Red-House was losing to the opposing team. My coach had given up all home and did not know what to do. We knew we had lost the game. Now the coach comes to me and tells me, go and play. I was like 'Whaat?'. I said, 'Sir, whom do I replace?'. He says no one. Just sneek in and play.

Even then, I had to answer the same question, 'What will they say(think)?'. I pondered for a moment and then a slight nudge by my coach pushed me on the other side of the white boundary. I was part of the game. I ran towards the ball and must have played a couple of minutes, when the refree loudly blew his whistle. He stared and me and asked me, 'When did you come on the field?'. I did not say a word, just looked towards my coach.

The next thing the refreee did was, count the number of players. Ooops, 12! He asked me to leave the ground. Believe me, it was embarassing for me. But those 2 minutes that I was on the field, I ran like crazy after the football. Did not really do much, just ran.

We lost the game, I came home as quietly as I could. But I dont think anyone really remembers what happened that day. Just goes to prove, you dont need to worry about everything you do, asking yourself what the other person will think. I dont think even one friend of mine on the ground that day remembers this incident and how funny I was.

My point being, just do it if you feel it is the right thing. The world has their own worries to take care of, rather than worry what you are upto!!!!

Cheers,
Ashley