It is strange that when one sets out to write the thoughts in the mind are like tiny kids who need to be shaped up and guided, trained and probably strait-jacketed. One has only a vague feeling and an urge which by a compulsive force of the mind drives one on and the printed word appears on the paper like a mosquito descending on a sleepy ,tired fellow who would much rather not have him for company
Yet such is the human mind that it can resist anything except one’s own self. In fact if one were to probe a little deeper and analyse one’s actions one would notice that most of these emanate from one’s own being. The responses to events and situations are also substantially.personal and individual and the pattern they follow bear the imprint of one’s own thinking.
And that is what sets apart one person from another and also against one another in adverse circumstances. This perhaps is necessary also otherwise life will lose its sting and the vigour that fuels the entire spectrum of worldly activities. If the paths were pre-determined and known, one would end up like a clog in the machinery and the personality and identity of the human-being would get sub-merged into a nameless, faceless group of living beings without any voice, or role to play in the scheme of the universe. This would be a great calamity and a great loss.
The one question that should always subsist and prevail, despite all mayhem that the journey of life may create, is where are we going. This enigma is the key to progress which essentially is the quintessence of life itself. If and when one achieves what one may prescribe or choose for oneself, the purpose of life is rendered irrelevant and one might as well say goodbye to everything and go away to the realm from which there is no return.
Let us therefore strive and keep modifying our goals as soon as we feel that having attained them there will be nothing else left to be done so that the quest becomes unending and eternal. The secrets of life and the unanswered questions which humankind is grappling with are so numerous that there will be a lot to do for ages.
I meant “goals are important for our lives”
goals are important for our…they give meaning to life. The comparison you have made between thoughts and kids is impressive.
reminds me of the song…hum kis gali ja rahein hain apna koi thikana nahi, hum kis dagar ja raehin hain diwane dil ne jana nahi..
excellent post; if one were to rest content with one’’s achievements, one wouldn”t move forward purposefully in life and woldn”t be able to contribute to the larger cause. i remember reading somewhere that if newton had ignored the apple that fell on his head, many scientific accomplishments wouldn”t have been attained!goals have to be constantly monitored and revised, new benchmarks set, the bar raised. quo vadis? Citius, Altius, Fortius!
Depends on where you are now and where you came from is it not.
again, very well written.. and very thought provoking!!
YES I AGREE WITH YOY FRIEND.