Recently a friend of mine had few promotions happening in her office. Being a person who is very dedicated and knows the value of her contribution to her family, the natural instinct made her a bit upset for not being part of that group. It is quite normal that during such situations you will become gloomy and will allow the devil's advocate rule your mind. I felt the prolonged soberness on her vibrant nature was not going to help her in anyway.
Since I had undergone similar situations many times, which only helped me to mould myself and be what I am, but for the ample support from my good friends like Premjith, Ambrose and Ramesh Bai, something told me that she too needs the same support. I tried to recall things (googled too) that could help her get the bigger picture, but in vain. Then I thought it is apt to share an imaginative scenario that I communicated with my friends who feel they are slowed down and are in difficulties due to some obstacles.
The situation goes thus: Imagine yourself blindfolded and led to a vehicle. You are handed over the task of taking control of the wheels. It is a very, very dark night that even after removing the blindfold, it made no difference. Somehow you managed to get the ignition on and turn on the headlights. All that you can see is the headlight’s energy glaring on the road ahead. You can't even guess what vehicle you are in or what all features it composes.
At this moment of doubt and puzzle, you are handed over with the responsibility of reaching a particular destination within a stipulated time. One relief is that on the way you will see the direction boards that will guide you. Worried you start the vehicle and put your foot on the accelerator. Within minutes of your start, you notice that a person cycling right in front of you at the speed of a snail. You try to alert him but he is least bother about it.
Anyone who is in this situation has two options:
Option One:
With great difficulty, you slow down the vehicle and start driving at his speed. You didn't dare to get out of the vehicle for the fear of being in an unfamiliar area. Straining yourself and the vehicle and wasting extra fuel, you kept on travelling behind him. You were so irritated that you didn't realize to look beyond the person ahead of you. The travel was getting tiresome and the engine too was being damaged.
The early morning sun rays bring light in your zone. Now you realize that the road was really big enough and the car that you were using was the make of BMW's best-in-class that you could have easily overtaken the person and clocked miles. You realize the target ahead of you and the insufficient time but to your relief you have a wonderful vehicle that just glide over the road. It responds to your call and makes the destination on time.
Option Two:
Rather than slowing down, challenge the cyclist at the first instance. Along with averting him from blocking your path, you will get a mild feel of your vehicle's capacity. Now you would be travelling at a better pace with ample time to cover the distance. This makes the travel less stressful and you can enjoy the journey and the landscape.
Now what is the big deal with this scenario? Equating certain items in the scenario to some other things will get a better picture. The journey can be considered as your journey of life or even the journey towards success in a particular field. The vehicle is nothing but you yourself. The darkness is the ignorance of our capacity. The cyclist is the slow dragger that injects doubts, which can be our own imaginations or from other sources, that blocks our progress. The direction boards are the timely support that you get for being what you are in your journey. Some direction boards maybe en route and few accompany you always like a compass.
In the first instance, falling into the trap of the obstacles didn't help in any way. Though we felt it is easy to be accepting it, it made the journey really painful, both physically and mentally. We often believe saying excuses is the easiest way to escape the reality but only time will teach we were fooling ourselves by doing so. By engaging ourselves with that mindset, we not only are going to exhaust the fuel of time, health and also discolor the passion of life, which will make things more and more tough in the later stage.
Whereas in the second instance, when you rightly realized your obstacles and challenged it, you got a hint of your capacity. The initial journey in darkness also allowed you to experiment yourself with your skills and tune your talents. This was more of an incubation period of sculpting yourself by realizing your metal. So, once you hit the limelight, without your own knowledge you have grown in stature.
So I suggest everyone to explore yourself and understand your passion and talent. Self realization is the key to unlock anything and everything in life. By doing it honestly you will be the best fit for any situation and circumstances. All the materialistic things that people long for will be longing to be pampered by you. I wish my friend to realize herself at the earliest and start enjoying her journey of life and success.
"Your Soul Has A Vast Reach, Vaster Than One Can Imagine; Scale Those Heights and Make life Large."
SATHISH N
Since I had undergone similar situations many times, which only helped me to mould myself and be what I am, but for the ample support from my good friends like Premjith, Ambrose and Ramesh Bai, something told me that she too needs the same support. I tried to recall things (googled too) that could help her get the bigger picture, but in vain. Then I thought it is apt to share an imaginative scenario that I communicated with my friends who feel they are slowed down and are in difficulties due to some obstacles.
The situation goes thus: Imagine yourself blindfolded and led to a vehicle. You are handed over the task of taking control of the wheels. It is a very, very dark night that even after removing the blindfold, it made no difference. Somehow you managed to get the ignition on and turn on the headlights. All that you can see is the headlight’s energy glaring on the road ahead. You can't even guess what vehicle you are in or what all features it composes.
At this moment of doubt and puzzle, you are handed over with the responsibility of reaching a particular destination within a stipulated time. One relief is that on the way you will see the direction boards that will guide you. Worried you start the vehicle and put your foot on the accelerator. Within minutes of your start, you notice that a person cycling right in front of you at the speed of a snail. You try to alert him but he is least bother about it.
Anyone who is in this situation has two options:
Option One:
With great difficulty, you slow down the vehicle and start driving at his speed. You didn't dare to get out of the vehicle for the fear of being in an unfamiliar area. Straining yourself and the vehicle and wasting extra fuel, you kept on travelling behind him. You were so irritated that you didn't realize to look beyond the person ahead of you. The travel was getting tiresome and the engine too was being damaged.
The early morning sun rays bring light in your zone. Now you realize that the road was really big enough and the car that you were using was the make of BMW's best-in-class that you could have easily overtaken the person and clocked miles. You realize the target ahead of you and the insufficient time but to your relief you have a wonderful vehicle that just glide over the road. It responds to your call and makes the destination on time.
Option Two:
Rather than slowing down, challenge the cyclist at the first instance. Along with averting him from blocking your path, you will get a mild feel of your vehicle's capacity. Now you would be travelling at a better pace with ample time to cover the distance. This makes the travel less stressful and you can enjoy the journey and the landscape.
Now what is the big deal with this scenario? Equating certain items in the scenario to some other things will get a better picture. The journey can be considered as your journey of life or even the journey towards success in a particular field. The vehicle is nothing but you yourself. The darkness is the ignorance of our capacity. The cyclist is the slow dragger that injects doubts, which can be our own imaginations or from other sources, that blocks our progress. The direction boards are the timely support that you get for being what you are in your journey. Some direction boards maybe en route and few accompany you always like a compass.
In the first instance, falling into the trap of the obstacles didn't help in any way. Though we felt it is easy to be accepting it, it made the journey really painful, both physically and mentally. We often believe saying excuses is the easiest way to escape the reality but only time will teach we were fooling ourselves by doing so. By engaging ourselves with that mindset, we not only are going to exhaust the fuel of time, health and also discolor the passion of life, which will make things more and more tough in the later stage.
Whereas in the second instance, when you rightly realized your obstacles and challenged it, you got a hint of your capacity. The initial journey in darkness also allowed you to experiment yourself with your skills and tune your talents. This was more of an incubation period of sculpting yourself by realizing your metal. So, once you hit the limelight, without your own knowledge you have grown in stature.
So I suggest everyone to explore yourself and understand your passion and talent. Self realization is the key to unlock anything and everything in life. By doing it honestly you will be the best fit for any situation and circumstances. All the materialistic things that people long for will be longing to be pampered by you. I wish my friend to realize herself at the earliest and start enjoying her journey of life and success.
"Your Soul Has A Vast Reach, Vaster Than One Can Imagine; Scale Those Heights and Make life Large."
SATHISH N
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