"...𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘣... 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪..."

"...𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘣... 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪..."

...said the Iron Man [presser a.k.a. istry wala] as he continued to move the iron back & forth. ["𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭"].

Yesterday evening, around 10 pm, I went to collect clothes given a day prior for pressing. To my surprise, he had not pressed them. In fact, he was pressing them as I reached there.  "𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘪𝘳, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 (𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵) 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦,'' he said apologetically. "𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥" I said, "𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰" I added. 

To kill time, I decided to strike a conversation. "𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴" I said. "𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺,'' he replied. "𝘔𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘭. 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩,'' he added, when he saw my intrigued face, picking the last piece that had to be pressed. It was something made of a pretty thin & delicate material. "𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴? 𝘚𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘣 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 '𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯' 𝘵𝘰 '𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩!" I asked, very curiously. That was when he said what I quoted above. "𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨" he revealed, smiling as he continued to chew on his pan masala and finished ironing the last piece.

In our day to day life, the trick indeed is about using the right pace and applying the right amount of pressure (on self and/or others) based on the situation at hand, I thought, as I walked back with the pressed clothes in my hand. And we definitely need to be careful while we are at it. Too fast and/or too less pressure could mean we fail to iron out the issue at hand. Too slow and/or too much pressure could risk irreversible burning damage.

𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪.