“IF YOU DREAM,BELIEVE IN THEM.”
THERE IS A NEO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCOOL OF COUNSELLING EMERGING
WHICH EMPHASIZES ON WHAT ARE NOW COMING TO BE REGARDED AS AXIOMS OF SATISFIED
LIVING.SAMPLE THESE.
1.”KOI GAL NAHIN/KOI LOAD NAHIN”-IN PLAIN ENGLISH-EVERYTHING
GOES MAAN.ITS OK.
2.DONT TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY-TRANSLATION-TRIVIALIZE THINGS.
3.WHY WORRY?WHY QUESTION?WHY STAND OUT?WHY NOT “BLEND”?
YOU CAN ADD TO THIS LIST INDEFINITELY.
MY SIMPLE ANTITHETICAL PROPOSITION IS-ALL PROGRESS IS A
RESULT OF DISSATISFACTION.TILL YOU REFUSE TO COMPROMISE AND BE A MASTER OF YOUR
OWN FATE YOU WILL NOT REACH ANYWHERE.
THERE IS A GLARING ILLUSTRATION OF A YOUNG WOMAN PROFESSIONAL
I KNOW.TREMENDOUS TALENT,GREAT APTITUDE,EXCEPTIONALLY HARDWORKING-BUT HURTLING
TOWARDS A SETTLED MATRIMONY WITH AN UNKNOWN PERSON”CHOSEN”BY THE WISE MEN IN
THE FAMILY.ALL THE WHILE RECOGNIZING THE DECADENT SOCIAL VALUES AND
TRIVIALIZING OWN TALENT AND SAYING “I MAY BECOME VERY HAPPY TOO”.””I MAY BE
ABLE TO WORK TOO”. WE INDIANS HAVE A
CHILD LIKE CAPACITY OF SELF DELUSION.WE ARE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS-AND WE GAMBLE
NOT WITH MONEY,BUT OUR LIVES.
CONSENTING TO A DESTINY CHOSEN FOR YOU BY SOCIETY IS THE
ULTIMATE BETRAYAL OF ALL HUMAN VALUES.AND THE FINAL IRONY IS THAT ALL THIS
WHILE YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART THAT YOUR DREAMS LIE ELSEWHERE.
FOR YOUNG, ASPIRING AND CAPABLE WOMEN IN PARTICULAR THE
SURRENDER TO THE GREATEST INDIAN OBSESSION-“MARRIAGE”-IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
GREAT TRAGEDIES WHICH ARE NOT SPOKEN ABOUT.
BUT WHY WHINE?-WHEN WE CONSENT TO SUPREMACY OF VALUES WE
NEITHER ENDORSE,NOR UNDERSTAND HOW CAN WE ESCAPE THE LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
THEREOF?WHY BEMOAN THE FATE WE CHOSE?
NEWTON’S THIRD LAW IS NOT JUST A LAW OF PHYSICS-IT IS A
LESSON OF LIFE-“EVERY ACTION HAS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION”-JUST APPLY IT
AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.
AND MINDLESS PURSUIT OF A ROTE LEARNED PROFESSIONAL ROUTINE
IS EQUALLY SELF DEFEATING.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?AND WHY?
BE A VECTOR QUANTITY,NOT A SCALAR ONE.
IT TAKES A TOLL ON YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH TOO-PROFESSIONAL
BURNOUTS AND MARITAL DISHARMONY ARE TOO WELL KNOWN.IF YOUR MIND SUFFERS ,YOUR
BODIES WILL SUFFER TOO.
REMEMBER THE INEVITABILITY OF TIME.
LIFE WILL NOT ONLY ASK YOU SEARCHING QUSTIONS BUT DEMAND
ANSWERS-AND YOU WILL BE LIKE A RABBIT CAUGHT IN BLINDING HEADLIGHTS.
LET ME COME BACK TO MY ORIGINAL PROPOSITION.YOU ARE HAVING A
GOOD TIME BECAUSE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE DECIDED TO WORK ,DECIDED TO WORK WELL,AND
PROBABLY HAD A GREAT TIME WORKING WELL.
LOOK AT YOUR CONVENIENCES AND UTILITIES THAT ARE A
UNCONSCIOUS PART OF YOUR EXISTENCE-BUT INDISPENSABLE-INTERNET,CELL
PHONE,SATTELLITE TELEVISION……..SOMEONE,SOMEWHERE IS WORKING-CONSTANTLY,RELENTLESSLY,SINGLE
MINDEDLY,PURPOSEFULLY………
JUST THINK OF THE DAY THOSE SELF ACTUALIZERS CHOSE TO
STOP……OR DO A BAD JOB……
NOT SO DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE-IF IT IS, READ “ATLAS
SHRUGGED”BY AYN RAND.JOHN GALT AND THE”STRIKE”.
TO REVERSE A MODERN LIFE AXIOM-PARTY HARD-BUT WORK HARDER.
IF YOU HAVE THE VISION TO DREAM,HAVE THE COURAGE TO REALIZE
THEM.
“AWAKE.ARISE.AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS REACHED”-NOT MY
WORDS.THEY HAPPENED TO BE SPOKEN BY A GENTLEMAN YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW.
HIS NAME WAS SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
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