One of the 3 best friends of my school life has finally reached the pinnacle of success. Now how do we measure success? I am sure it has different meanings to different people. But if I say that she got AIR 66 in UPSC and has become what she always dreamt of becoming (IAS), I am sure we all will admire her brilliance in achieving this success.
When I heard about the news, I felt great and very happy for my friend. At the same time the thought of doing something great started striking my mind-that's the mild way of putting my thoughts. Expressing my feelings strongly, I began thinking that I am doing nothing in my life but wasting it. From my childhood, I had goosebumps on seeing people doing great things. Be it watching typical Bollywood hero saving millions of lives or reading about our Jawaans fighting it out at the battlefield or an Indian singer renowned worldwide for his musical talent. I guess I have been obsessed with fame all my life. And let's admit that there is nothing wrong in getting inspired by fame. Unless and until you dream of doing great things, you can never make a dent in the universe (Yeah...I know. I truely admire Steve Jobs' journey and The Apple he created for world to remember him ,even without having a bite, long after he was gone).
But the problem arises when your efforts are not concentrated and strong enough to match your energy level when you were inspired. It's like saying that you want to be the President of U.S. and then doing nothing about it. Time and again I have been inspired by some events/personalities, but have failed miserably to continue the fire burning for a long time. This being the last academic year of my life (at least for a while) I am pinning my hopes of doing certain things on these kind of success stories.
Its like you come across all kinds of goods and bad habits of different people and it's up to you as to what you want to pick from them. So, I want to chose to be inspired and not bogged down with negativity of comparing my achievements with those bench marked by others. I chose to adopt good habits and positivity around me ( however small they might be) and ignore the ones which have a potential to irritate me. As rightly said, while cribbing about our lives we all shall remember that it is an outcome of path we consciously chose to tread upon. Our life reflects what decisions we took in the past. So, if we think that something wrong is going on at present than it is because of some wrong decision making in the past. And we shall also not forget that it is entirely upon us (and no one else) to change the course of our journey by learning from the past. I will like to conclude with a favourite quote of mine: I don't make wrong decisions. I take decisions and make them right !
When I heard about the news, I felt great and very happy for my friend. At the same time the thought of doing something great started striking my mind-that's the mild way of putting my thoughts. Expressing my feelings strongly, I began thinking that I am doing nothing in my life but wasting it. From my childhood, I had goosebumps on seeing people doing great things. Be it watching typical Bollywood hero saving millions of lives or reading about our Jawaans fighting it out at the battlefield or an Indian singer renowned worldwide for his musical talent. I guess I have been obsessed with fame all my life. And let's admit that there is nothing wrong in getting inspired by fame. Unless and until you dream of doing great things, you can never make a dent in the universe (Yeah...I know. I truely admire Steve Jobs' journey and The Apple he created for world to remember him ,even without having a bite, long after he was gone).
But the problem arises when your efforts are not concentrated and strong enough to match your energy level when you were inspired. It's like saying that you want to be the President of U.S. and then doing nothing about it. Time and again I have been inspired by some events/personalities, but have failed miserably to continue the fire burning for a long time. This being the last academic year of my life (at least for a while) I am pinning my hopes of doing certain things on these kind of success stories.
Its like you come across all kinds of goods and bad habits of different people and it's up to you as to what you want to pick from them. So, I want to chose to be inspired and not bogged down with negativity of comparing my achievements with those bench marked by others. I chose to adopt good habits and positivity around me ( however small they might be) and ignore the ones which have a potential to irritate me. As rightly said, while cribbing about our lives we all shall remember that it is an outcome of path we consciously chose to tread upon. Our life reflects what decisions we took in the past. So, if we think that something wrong is going on at present than it is because of some wrong decision making in the past. And we shall also not forget that it is entirely upon us (and no one else) to change the course of our journey by learning from the past. I will like to conclude with a favourite quote of mine: I don't make wrong decisions. I take decisions and make them right !
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