Archive for August 2008
belongs_to :people
Each one of us has a set of distinctive traits / characteristics. Most of the time, we are not aware of them. Unfortunately or fortunately, these traits, the way you use them, the way you develop new ones in life – have a massive share in the way you lead your life and the way you maintain your uniqueness.
Most of us are also not aware, that we develop these traits by doing things which have absolutely no direct relation to those traits. At times, you do this in awareness and but most of the time in ignorance (which is where the fun lies) – and this is where people around you really screw you up. An example:
We’ve all heard big people say – find your passion in life! Right? Now you generally need to be a passionate human being to find that and pursue that. If you are not passionate enough, you will never find a passion which pulls you in to a degree that you start doing great (as they say) things in life. How do you become a passionate human being? Do you buy a potion, drink it up and become a passionate human being?
I observed, analyzed and thought about the small fundamental events that help you develop these traits. And from whatever I observed, you naturally and unknowingly get these traits from the small and weird things you do in life.
For example, say you like a new song that’s come out – you download it and play it in an infinite loop and keep playing it for days. You know what? You’re adding passion to your personality – you are developing a trait which probably you would need to do good things in life. And you are doing that in ignorance (mostly – come on who listens to a song repeatedly just to develop passion?) .
Unfortunately, this is where people (friends, family and all the near and dear ones) start screwing you up big time – they ask too many questions, they form opinions, without understanding what you want from life they start pushing you for something they believe in, they basically stop your self development! And what a sin! You stop being original, you are forced to be someone you are not, you are forced to kill the development of your original traits and instincts that could have placed you in a better position to live your life (by understanding self)! What a crime – you just get to live once!
You must always remember that it is only you and you who would know what you want from life at any moment. Be free in your thoughts – freedom in all sense. As an individual you are free to do anything in life which you feel is appropriate. Get the freedom to choose, to live your life your way. You will end up doing weird things, but that’s what will shape up your life in a unique way.
It is very hard to find people around you who would appreciate that freedom. Try to hang out with them more often. Try to (mentally) stay away from people who question you a lot unnecessarily (without trying to understand why you’re upto something), people who always either do “right” or “wrong” things, people who can have a negative effect on your thoughts and will deprive you from the fun you might have in your life. It’s not their fault – they are simply not aware what they’re doing.
