CHALLENGES OF LIFE

What is a challenge.....Over the years we develop fixed ideas ,opinions or thoughts for each and every aspect, situation or event of life.Everyone has his or her own views on each subject or a peculiar way to think,follow or to understand or to react or to find solution to a given problem..... to any given situation.If any given situation and its handling is in unison with the idea of the person's thought process, then that is an adaptable issue otherwise its a challenge,because at least some effort has to be put in to get even with that.

Life does not traverse a fixed pattern for all throughout a lifespan.Generally everyone experiences certain and sometimes many deviations from the original or the chosen path or the set pattern in a lifetime.Sometimes these deviations are too strong and jerky just like a hairpin bend on the hills, which means a U-turn or a drastic shift in the path one was following earlier.

Generally people witness at least a few such unexpected changes and they adjust to the same.Then after say some years again comes a distinct shift which again needs lots of adjustments to be made.Some people adapt the drift easily...take the change in its stride, while others have to put in an extra effort and time to really get accustomed to the new status.

Why is it so........Why such deviations on the road of life,an off and on drift pulling one into a definite, but deviated path.........Why life is not simple and straight for all.

Sometimes i feel that the moment one is at ease with the whole scenario of life,whatever the environment,the achievements and the disappointments, whatever life provided.......this ease asks for or rather must say throws a big invitation for a big change to happen.....and a big deviated pattern of life shows up as a result.......with a totally different and contrasting scenes.

Do these big turns of life in a way help in adaptability and evolution of mind....
Does this happen with almost all or a few chosen ones.........
Change is the essence of life....yes....heard of that....an old saying.....

I think people who generally have the ability to handle the deviated path are the ones shown one.They have the courage to swim the alien waters.They can successfully scale the unknown terrains...........They can ably handle small as well as big changes and still strive to reach that most sought after comfort level.....Challenges of life practically improve the cognitive abilities as well as help the soul to evolute.

Rest of the people remain cocooned in the shell.....either well protected from any big diversities ....in the safe set pattern....within the set parameters.......or in a state of total devastation on the onset of a drift....lost with hardly any initiative to take the challenge head on..
No big challenge ....no big learning...no big evolution of mind and soul.

EPICENTRE OF CHANGE.......ME

People who are crazy enough
 to think they can change the world are
 the ones who do.
                      ----Anonymous

 These few words are epitome of the syndrome the catalyst to bring about change for betterment of self or the cultural or social environment around. The basic urgency,the intensity with what these words crystallize in the mind or are spoken or written shows the great jest for an enormous progressive change which makes a difference.

A person while young has many aspirations, hopes and great confidence to achieve big in life, take the world on....make a big difference.....create a totally different scenario.Last week while on a visit to a primary school in slums i noticed same kind of enthusiasm in the students, irrespective of the actual fact, that they seemed either ignorant or not aware of...... their very humble circumstances.Quite pinching to the heart.
 
They had great aspirations of becoming either a doctor or an engineer, a pilot, a teacher, a banker or a chartered accountant.A very few of those will definitely achieve fairly big going by say, the law of probability, but what about the others who don't.Will the rest be leading a below average or an average life......contributing an average effort for the change as well.......what for the budding aspirations in all.

Generally this happens within all the classes. Efforts of a person who inherits more than sufficient from his parents also diminish to average or below average.....generally speaking, with a very few exceptions.So with leading an average life comes very little or no change. Although this wealthy friend has much more resources and may be, is much more capable to effectively contribute towards major progress...a big leap...but what about the inclination...the strongest catalyst for progressive thoughts and actions...the basic raw material.

The power of inclination is boundless.....

Sometimes i wonder about the enthusiasm of a party freak.....The moment he or she gets an invitation......the step by step minute detailing of all the aspects goes into every single preparation....the clothes...the hair do.....the friend list who accompanies...The invitee and the invited guests......the venue details......etc....etc....
Well that's all to make the time spent worth while..... a hit...to enjoy to the fullest....
Inclination of the self is at play.Same ways the relevance goes with each and every aspect of life.

Workaholics get a kick by accomplishing jobs.Power of the brain is exercised to the fullest....be it in self doing or delegating the work......The job is managed meticulously till the desired result is achieved.For anything that one wants to grab hold of, one has to be crazy for that.........

A usual tourist who likes to climb hills can climb a mountain also but just for the strong inclination to scale the height.The energy, strength or the training are all preparations to reach the set goal.Thoughts play a major role.Motivation to bring about change comes from within.....no outside force can inculcate any such desire and then give utmost strength required to fulfill it.

Great singers or dancers or painters or writers don't happen by chance.....Everyone who achieved had a desire to do so......an inclination to the level of craziness was present.....

Pr-requisite to bring about the final change is self only....Self is responsible in all its capability and possibility.Nothing else is a contributor.





                      

I HOARD..........AN OPEN LETTER

The disparity in status of living beings around me activated my sensibilities to once again retrospect on this old issue....A problem of plenty for some....and a problem of pretty meager or non-existent means.One of us is privileged to choose from unlimited variety of delicacies and another might not be able to manage a square meal a day.........By the way food is a birth right of every living organism.

Still i love to hoard....be it cash or electronic money....the properties or unlimited jewellery.....or be it paper money.......etc...etc......any thing that gives me the power of accumulated wealth does the trick.

But why do i hoard....is that a habit or a compulsion.....or a compulsive behavior.
And what i am giving in lieu of this abundance.....Generally speaking one has to give something to get something in return.......may be some of or all of my time, out of my fixed number of days on this planet Earth.Well seems to be a good deal.

Will i enjoy all that i have accumulated......not really....but yes my next generation can enjoy the fruits i accumulated, toiling hard, against, my stipulated time.....my health.....my well-being.....my pleasure....and may be number of such mean things.

May be my next generations won't be smart enough to earn their living.....so m i putting the seed for a lazy, callous and unworthy next generation....may be yes....i am preparing a rich ground for such unproductive next generation.Many a times i wonder, when that so and so property will be sold....as that money is not required in the present circumstances....may be or may not be in my life time....so who will sell it....the next generation...when and if it is required..........Is that a worth reason?

Well is it really worth it....i mean spending so much of my precious time on earning more and more....kind of unlimited stuff....that won't be required to maintain the status, i feel i am worthy of...............
Or this hoarding is in simple words accelerating or fertilizing the production of my incapable next generations.........
Is it worth it?