Friday, April 4, 2008

Think!

This is no story. No poetry. No rhetoric. No literature. What follows is a thought. Just that. Think about it.

I am currently reading “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” and the book has set my mind on fire. It has further corroborated what I have believed all my life since I had the brains to think from; only believed because I never had the courage to really follow it completely.

Isn’t it strange that all of us want to become similar things (like: rich, famous etc.) in life despite all being so very different people that we hardly can agree on any issue at all, ranging from the ill-effects of a mosquito-bite to the 123 Agreement? Isn’t it strange all of us recognize the importance of studying very hard whereas none the importance, or worse still, the pleasure of walking barefoot on dew-besotten grass?

We are all so smitten with becoming what the world wants us to that we completely forget what we want ourselves to become. Life is so driven by an external remote that we completely forget about the steering wheel sitting plumb right in our own hands.

Take control before it’s too late. We all have pasts and presents riddled with aspects that we wish rather wouldn’t be there.  Stop. Do not wish. Act. Let them not be there. Let’s fill our minds with all things positive. Remove all negativity gradually and silently without telling it about its expatriation, so that it doesn’t make itself larger and more tempting than ever before, making our tough job still tougher.

Let’s take “the road less travelled-by”. It’s less easy and hence more rewarding. Friends, I, for one, have started the process of stopping (albeit in a very small way)-stopping doing what others expect and want me to, but I don’t.

 I dare you? 

19 comments:

ronsin said...

very correct!!! the book is excellent... for me these sort of books motivate as long as i read them... so i end up not changing much... :D
hope that's not the case with you... may be you obstinate enough to make a diff... best of luck!!! :)

Anonymous said...

i would like to talk to you more on the post.....
1. You post after a very long time....
2. you post this....?!!!

i dont get it... y would "u" write such a post..... i mean if you wanna do something like that.. if you been feeling that way,for god knows what reason... you wont write about it...u wont go preaching bout it... u would just do it! I MEAN.. WOTSUP WITH YOU?

Chinmaya said...

ROHAN
I doubt. I am trying. Thanks! :)

Chinmaya said...

YASH
Bad things don't need good writings. They need disclaimers on top of the post. Like mine had!

About the asshole part.... bunk it!

Anonymous said...

thats not true.... even some bad things can be written beautifully and made to like.... now that is real selflezz writing....
:)
jus kidding
keep writing

Chinmaya said...

YASH
Thanks for the suggestion. I do value it, even if you were kidding.

Anonymous said...

that kidding was used so that you dont get offended....

Vinayak said...

"Life is so driven by an external remote that we completely forget about the steering wheel sitting plumb right in our own hands."


I bow to thee...

Unknown said...

VINAYAK
Thanks a lot. Flattered and honored.

Garam Samosa said...

Will think about it.

Unknown said...

PRANESH
Thanks. I succeed.

Garam Samosa said...

oh, BTW, nice post.

anurag said...

Blogging is in the air again and this time with some serious issues.....so unlike us! Like Pranesh you too have made me think and that too about something serious. :(
C'mon yaar....so much of thinking in such a short span of time...OMG!!
I'll try to give my gray cells a bit of workout to reach to a conclusion....and of course, no need to mention, a great post!

Chinmaya said...

ANURAG
Thank You apne busy schedule se blog padhne ka time nikalne ke liye! [;)] I am honored!!!

Ujjwal Agarwal said...

glad to c u text after a long time man.. i thought this engineerin shit ws getting too much on u ......
well whateva keep it up.....

N ya ..... i thought ... :)

Chinmaya said...

UJJWAL
You are of course, of all people, supposed to think about it lots. You do. This engineering shit is of course very heavy. :(

Unknown said...

well i guess this is the first post i hav read of urs dat was devoid of humor...i am not saying in needed any...jst saying it was a change....
as we hav discussed this issue b4 n wil b doin time n again..coz u r among a vry few ppl i can talk to bout dese things....i have always said we read bout these stuff, we ponder, talk, think, write bout it...effect stays for a few days, we feel our materialism pointless...worthless...but then again go and get that xpensive tee, haircut (;)u kno bout dis), blah blah blah n really feel gud bout it...u remember dat chai ka bhar wala we had discussd once in da ref of one of ur previous posts... but thinking about these issues n doin nuthin bout dem makes us evn more guiltier dan dose who dnt evn think bout it....i am glad glad glad u r trying to make some effort ....may u one day inspire a bttr society...once again as always, proud of u dear!

Chinmaya said...

SHREYASI
Hey! Did I tell you I crave for more readers like you? People who are gifted enough to link back and relate, make sense and extend. Great great that I failed to sway you completely and that you could still make extremely relevant and insightful observations.
On the other hand, you make me proud dear.

Unknown said...

evn more guiltier...was wrong eng. srry......n since we hav made each othr enuf proud....lets not talk bout it anymore ...lol...i hope u keep da posts cumin at a faster rate dan dis....best wishes ...!!!