Chain of thoughts !

Lately I have been thinking … a lot … And this post is the direct outcome of those thoughts …Very long post after a long time…

 

 

“Everybody loves a hero .People line up for them , cheer them , scream out their name .And years later they will tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them to hold on a second longer.

I believe that there’s a hero in all of us .That keeps us honest ,gives us strength ,makes us noble and finally allows us to die with pride”

-Aunt May

Spiderman 2

 

Remember the time ? when we were young ! We used to idolize a superhero .Batman,Superman,Spiderman … we always wanted to be one of those . We would see their cartoons , buy their action figues and even play games among friends in which we played the role of our beloved hero . And though we’ve become wise enough to realize that those were merely fictional characters , we still continue to watch them sometimes , retrospecting and cherishing the time when we once regarded them as THE ONE .

 

 

As we grow older our idols change . From fictional heroes to real ones . Everyone is inspired by someone . Remember how you once wanted to be a great batsman like Sachin Tendulkar , or a successful actor like Shahrukh Khan , or maybe you wanted to discover the secret of the cosmos and idolized Stephen Hawking / Albert Einstien . Perhaps maybe the next Bill Gates ? Some we even idolise our relatives .Father ,mother ,elder brother , grandfather etc. But one fact remains as constant as the North Star : “EVERYONE HAS AN IDOL !” . Those who disagree with this statement are probably fooling themselves , living with the false belief that they idolise none , that their life is completely thought out and planned by themselves . For these people I have a piece of advice : “Introspect deeply and if you are true to yourself you’ll get to know who you idolise.”

 

 

But the question that bewilders me is “Why do we idolise someone ?” The most probable answer that one might think of is “Because we want to be like them” . Superficially speaking , yes , this is correct . We wish to become like them . But ponder a bit deeply and you realise that our idols help us to fabricate our AIMS in life .

 

 

A few days back a friend of mine sent me an SMS , as follows :

The worst thing in life is ATTACHMENT

It hurts when you lose it

The best thing in life is LONELINESS

It teaches you everything and when you lose it

You get everything

 

 

Well this SMS started a thought process in me. I tried to think of the worst thing in life. And I came up with the conclusion that being AIMLESS in life is the worst thing . Life looks all merry and fun in the beginning when you are aimless BUT in the long run ,at some point of time you suddenly realise that aimlessness has hollowed you out from the inside . You lose your morals , rules , beliefs and sometimes your close ones too .

 

 

An example that I thought of while thinking of this was one of the stories that I read when I was in class eighth. In it a man had been challenged to stay in solitude for 15 years . He was told to stay in a single room filled with magnanimous amount of books , for fifteen years ! And the man as ridiculous, mad , brave or stupid as it might sound stayed there for almost that duration . But just when his duration was about to complete , the man ran awy from the room . But left a note saying that he couldn’t have stayed that long in the solitude , had it not been for the books . He wrote that for the first few years he felt lonely , felt like abandoning the challenge . But then he saw the books , and he made an AIM to gather as much knowledge as he could . He started reading those books , books of every genre , books which became his eyes and made him see the world from the eyes of the authors . He didn’t feel lonely anymore . That was when he realised the futility of the challenge …. That was when he decided to abandon the challege after having the opportunity of winning it .

 

 

So we see loneliness or attachment aren’t the worst things in life . AIM is the keyword here !

 

 

But you may wonder again “Why do we need to have an aim ? ” Good question … I appreciate that it came to your mind . Maybe this might answer your query .

 

 

Close your eyes and try to make up an image of yours 10 years from now . How would you want tourself to be . Some image must have come up on the canvas of your imagination . Note carefully the background , where you are , what clothes your are wearing and how you look . So how were you ? Must have imagined yourself to be successful and happy , didn’t you ? Yes ofcourse you must have .

 

 

The image of what your passive mind had made up . This is what you , at some point of time , must have thought of becoming . This is what you had destined to become ! Destiny , the greatest answer to your existence in life . Why you were born , why you came to this world and how will you contribute to the world . Everyone is destined to do something . But I strongly believe that one’s destiny isn’t carved up in heaven , its we who make it !

 

 

But, BUT, if you want to become the person you imagined you must make up your own destiny or else others will modify your destiny and you’ll land up on a completely different territory . Thus in order to remain on the correct track you require to have an AIM / AIMS set in life .

 

 

These chain of thoughts had kept me busy since I returned back to college . And after thinking over them I feel relieved , I feel lighter . I have a destiny in life . Now I have to set my aims to achieve it !

 

 

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