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I have seen people perform badly in their jobs and later blamed it on their personal life and issues. Things like,

“I wasn’t in the right state of mind.”

“I was pissed off.”

“I had a bad mood.”

…and many other such excuses are commonly heard.

Yet, you know what, people who have to perform, will perform. They won’t let any excuse interfere in their duty.

The apt example of it is the cricketer R. Ashwin who is currently playing in the India v South Africa series.

With #ChennaiRains have disrupted complete life in Tamil Nadu, people are distressed and life is yet to return to normal. Amidst the chaos, many people are missing and no contact can be established with them.

Among them were R. Ashwin’s parents who were missing and out of contact for the past 24 hours.

R. Ashwin’s wife expressed in her tweet how worried they were about them and called for help. Any child would be stressed fearing for his/her parents. However, R. Ashwin not just kept his personal life aside but also showed any exemplary performance by scoring a half century.

Thoughts with Ashwin, who is batting right now. We have not heard from his parents in over 24hours. I can only pray he keeps his strength. — Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) December 3, 2015

Heard from them. They are fine and safe. Good God. Thank you. I want to hug the person who came up with Whatsapp calls. — Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) December 3, 2015



He went ahead to prove that a strong man can face any obstacle in life to reach where he must.

Further tweets from Ashwin’s wife informed that his parents had been found and they were both safe and sound.

Heard from them. They are fine and safe. Good God. Thank you. I want to hug the person who came up with Whatsapp calls. — Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) December 3, 2015

Thank God for that and a deep bow down to R. Ashwin who showed us what professionalism means.

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