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The stronger our ego, the stronger our fear of death. The stronger our fear of death, the stronger the urge to leave a legacy. The stronger the urge to leave a legacy, the stronger our focus on results. The stronger the focus on results, the stronger the urge to care about the destination than the journey. The stronger the focus on results, the lesser the tolerance for mistakes. The lesser the tolerance for mistakes, the greater the focus on perfection. The greater the focus on perfection, the stronger the fear of failure. The greater the fear of failure, the lesser our consideration for our flaws. The lesser our consideration for our flaws, the stronger the sense to disown a part of ourselves. The stronger the sense to disown ourselves, the faster the breakdown. The stronger the fear of breakdown, the greater the urge to hold everything together. The greater the urge to stay afloat, the greater our consideration for our flaws. The greater our consideration of our flaws, the greater the understanding of others’ flaws. The greater the understanding of each others’ faults, the greater the acceptance of imperfection. The greater the acceptance of imperfection, the kinder our world.
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
Why advising is not easy
Before the internet, information was hard to come by. You needed to know the right person, be at the right place, read the right book/paper. There was no ‘search and find’. Once something was missed, it was likely to stay missed. So, people ‘knew’ less unless they made that effort to be on top of things. But, after internet permeating all walks of life, we are now inundated with information. Many a times, information overload is the problem and not its lack. But, even when so much information is available at our finger tips, some people are astonishingly ill-informed. I wonder why? It could be because they do not give ‘knowledge’ the same importance as someone whose life was affected because of his ignorance. This leads me to a topic that I wanted to cover today – why don’t some people listen to good advice? why don’t they go out looking for it?
Thoughts on a Pandemic
– All it took for the world economies to collapse was for the world to stand still for 2 weeks. Begging the question – how sustainable is this model?
– We all now know the difference between ‘essential’ goods and ‘non-essential’ goods
– We all know who step forward or don’t step back (or have no option but to) when a crisis hits – doctors, nurses, police, government administrators, municipality workers, delivery professionals, etc. These are the folks we’ve turn to in this hour of need. Have we valued them enough all this while? If not, what moral right to have to depend on them?
Looking back at the year
December is a time that evokes nostalgia for the days past. Recently, I opened my old diaries to see what I had written. I noticed how melodramatic my writing was and also what I wished would happen and what I missed in life. From the place I now stand, I see a lot of what I wished for, did happen and a lot more got added to the list of what I missed. But, I feel more at peace now than then. I’m comfortable with failure now than then. I’m more accepting now than then. What changed?