One of the aspects that really intrigued me was to 'de'cide to 'do'cide. One fine day, while in a conference a middle aged man brought this wonderful thought aboard, of how essential it was to 'do' what you planned to do. To mark off your 'highlights' and ignore the 'lowlights', to not just think but act upon it. It set me to think, reflect and act.
With every passing year the idea of how grades, academic excellence, rote learning years and authors will become ineffective one day seemed to become more vivid. A sense of happiness and a grain of insanity were the only two things that made sense to me. If you are happy in what you do, in being where you are or thinking what you shall be, then I guess nothing can be more enriching and exhilarating than that. The feeling of being satiated with your social, personal and occupational life is undoubtedly an ideal condition but moving towards it is what we need to do. It is important to 'move' and not to 'reach'. The journey matters, the goal doesn't. New age teens recently had come up with their own aphorism but then it really made sense, which went like 'Life is what happens to you between a Hello and a Goodbye!' Now that is interesting, isn't it? That is what actually happens. We hardly remember any pay checks, occupying leadership positions, winning trophies, buying new cellphones or the like. But rather how we lived,we led and we loved. All that you recall is how someone made you feel and not what they did. We ought to be more sensitive thus about how we make someone feel about themselves. To introspect is the key. Sometimes, it's not about external rewards, materialistic appraisals but rather about warm hugs, a small smile and a little appreciation. These small things in life can become the driving force for someone around and also for yourself. How would it feel to have someone there to back you, while you are nervous, daunting about your past or fearing about your failure? To know that if you win, your win would make someone proud, someone happy and rather not jealous or envious. I am sure nothing could feel better. These are really small 'strokes' that we sometimes forget to give to a dear one, not realizing it could work as a fuel to their fire.
Amidst all that surrounds us, it becomes difficult to stop and rethink upon the grey areas to life. The dichotomy of black and white is so jarring that we forget to break the glass, so as to see what lies above and beyond us. But this is the least we can do to better ourselves and to seek that satisfying experience we deserve to have.
It's important not only to know your own self but that of others, maybe that is how we can strike a balance between the yin and the yang (or the black and the white). So take that chance of saying a 'Hi', asking someone 'How they feel?' and also to explore something unknown. For if we don't try then we don't seem to 'move', and if we don't move then we can't really 'reach'!
#move #toreach #2016 #followmetillthelights
