Yesterday, a student of mine came to collect her MBA degree certificate. It is one of the more gratifying moments for a teacher - a student getting graduated.
For this student, this was a double celebration, for her husband had also just completed his MBA.
She was nice enough to bring individual boxes of sweets for all of us. Very thoughtful of her.
A recent health scare, unfortunately, meant I cannot enjoy her gift box of sweets. Suddenly, I remembered that we meet the elderly and sick with a box of fruits, rather than sweets. Maybe I am becoming an elder citizen!
But in today's world, is it not always better, safer and healthier to give a basket of fruits in lieu of sweets? We will be doing the recipient a great favour by at least not spoiling his/her health, as eating sweets lead to diabetes and obesity. Fruits, on their part, can be consumed without any adverse health consequences.
Hence, switch over to a basket of fruits next time around.
