Saturday 21 April 2012

Why So Serious?...Because it’s my Life! : Blog # 2

Why So Serious?...Because it’s my Life!   

Why is it important to have a serious approach towards things that matter? Getting serious does not mean tracing out the smallest hint of fun in one’s life and executing it! Life will be so bland and boring without those lighter emotions. But to ‘get serious’ is to have respect towards things one take up –those things that will have a lasting impact on the person – relations, academics, work, habits & hobbies – all that matters.

To get started, it is important that we allow ourselves to indulge – not in the passing pleasures of life, but in meaningful introspection that leads to a soul searching. That separates people ‘who are’ from ‘who could have been’. I am not against taking life as it comes. But there is a certain passiveness to it and that might become counterproductive.

          Soul searching does not necessarily mean taking to activities like reading a book or listening to spiritual talks or practising yoga. It can be done much more joyously. Pick up something you love to do or you have always wanted to do but procrastinated for long. It could be anything like a sport or a workout regime or a pan country trip with friends. This activity will shake one up from the abyss of complacence. It acts as the fountainhead of energy to move away from the status quo.  It will give enough impetus to wake up from the daily chores and use time productively, adding flavour to life. As a very meaningful Ad recently said, “It is what you do in your free times that make you who you are”.

          There is nothing wrong in taking a laid back approach towards life –  to each their own - and what suits best. But it should not happen so that 10 years down the line, you look back and despair over the things you could have done, however small they may be.

Life is too short and uncertain to not be serious about. Have short term goals for life...Work towards achieving them...Enjoy the pains and pleasures involved...

At the last mile, when one looks back, the rear view mirror should be full of mile stones to be proud of.
                                                                                                                   Arun Babu.

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