Rest a while

“What are the three important things that you feel can make a man/woman successful?”

Each person has his own definition of success. However there are a few categorical paths to reach one’s final destination. I shall list three factors which I feel can make a person successful – laziness, sleep, luck.

Everything humans have done since the dawn of mankind in the name of advancement and development has belied their notion to achieve total laziness. There might be this gloss of fame and popularity but the ulterior motive is to luxuriate at the end of the day leading a lavish life (read lazy life).

However there are still people who adapt themselves to an altruistic approach or a workaholic one. It is vital that they have a strong will to accomplish whatever they desire. In order to set a goal it is important to possess a vision, more like a powerful dream to achieve which they’d give anything. To dream one needs to sleep.

A thousand ships of merchandise may sail to seek great profits but everything can be washed out by a tide. It is essential to do whatever is within one’s control but without the assistance of serendipity no one gains. It is ironical that despite one’s best efforts, his/her fortunes play a huge role in their success. If fate does not ordain a happy ending every effort goes in vain. Therefore the element of luck is necessary so that everything man proposes is not disposed by God.

Look Ahead Not, Turn Back Not

‘Every man is the architect of his own fortune’. Whether I abide by this adage or not will be comprehensively described and concisely concluded in what follows.

We halt at various junctures in this long journey called life; sometimes at home, sometimes at school, sometimes at college, sometimes at job and sometimes at the crossroads.

Throughout this peregrination each of us is bound to be affected by the vicissitudes it calls forth. As we proceed we have various rights to exercise, different sorts of responsibilities to bear and duties to execute. We meet different people; we land up in different situations. Change is the only thing that is constant – to the extent that people today will refuse to acknowledge we are the same vestiges of what we were yesterday.

Life is all about making decisions at different junctures - decisions critical, simple and those which vacillate between these extremes. We prepare ourselves for what the future holds based on such decisions. Until the moment arrives we can only consider the possibilities but not control them. For instance, little did Dan Brown, the famous author know that someday he would write books. Fortunately he was irritated by another author who was claimed popular lest he always thought music was his claim to fame.

In a nutshell, life holds a lot of vagaries.

I’d like to take life as it comes. Letting bygones be bygones and avoiding the crystal balls, there’s a certain thrill, an aspect of fun in acting according to the situation. However if the choices were stringent, an obvious choice I would make is to bank on the past I know and not expect anything from the ‘future’ which is both unpredictable and immutable until it actually transforms to the ‘current’.

‘Every man is only a titular architect of his own fortune’.

Sheep's hide

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." (Hamlet)

"Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time." (The Merchant of Venice)

The tiger under the sheep's hide is a sheep. Is it not ?? If it's under the hide, how did you realise it's a tiger ? Alright, so it did peek out once to show how ferocious it can be.

Now for a little ramble-jabber-mumble-babble about hypocrisy. One thing that'll remain in my "destest forever list" for the rest of my life. These things are not written here to add spice to my blog. These are my efforts to make up for a problem that persists in my life. Lack of opinion... something that haunts me. And why exactly did I mention that ?? Well, I thought it would definitely add some substance to the ongoing post. Oh yes, I am not (much of) a hypocrite, I do not want to write gibberish just for the sake of assuming certain variety.Oh well, some people do write bullshit just to attract public attention. I guarantee, I am into no such tactics here. No false virtues exhibited.

People often resort to acts of pretense for reasons more than one. As aforesaid, they crave for attention, ACS as it goes. Those sorts act like they have no other go. Some of them are very adept, but it is certainly not a talent worth appreciable. They make attempts continually in order to impress people around them, until someday, they realise they end up fooling themselves in most of the cases. Some deliberately involve themselves, and the others (partly innocent) are caught within this social trap. The latter kind, are forced by their thoughts that languish for more popularity and fame, and so most of them try and mimic those who are in the top flight. It takes some time before these people understand that they have approached a false realization. Only after they are subject to taunts and constant deriding from their acquaintances, they come to a right conclusion.

The other kind of people are those whom everyone should be aware and beware of. Just imagine. If you trust such people, invest faith in them, but in the end are left with no one to even complain to about what just hit you. Ever heard of the legendary two-headed Janus, a quintessence for the people being talked about now, a very frequently coined term for those who have deceitful attitude. Actually the phrase refers to a god, the doors of whose temple remain open during times of war, and closed when peace is attained. It is said that these doors are seldom closed. This Janus fellow was supposed to be a symbol of constant vigilance, the two heads pointing out in two different directions indicating caution, but the poor thing could not avoid adulteration of his significance. Okie, enough pity. Back to the topic. Anyway, I shall speak of the followers of Mr.Janus, as the world now sees the term. It is very difficult to impose an inhibition on these people, because primarily they are not identified to be the ones to be prevented. They can be sober, they can do hullabullah, depending on what their need is. They will just utilize all resources in "Use and Throw" manner. As long as they are sipping the hot coffee, they make sure they clutch the cup properly, firmly, not even allowing a drop to drip. They are social leeches, they suck everything out of people until they have something or the other to offer. And later, the dry cup of coffee, which once was a treasure of flavors, will be no more valued than a thing that is supposed to be disposed. Hey, I do not recommend people to store even empty and used plastic cups. It's just my trial to indicate the kind of treatment such people are ready to give their victims.

Now there are other kind of people. These indirectly care for the affected. The effect they wish to establish is that none should be hurt in the process. Constantly in a dilemma. For example, I have someone for an acquaintance who believes that certain things are true. I could straight away go to him and tell him that he has things completely the wrong way. But if that would hurt the person, my acts would be hindered by forethought. Instead, with the hope that a disastrous aftermath of such relations is not imminent, I prolong my partly dissembling attitude.

At some point or the other, each of us has been a hypocrite. Some by oppression, some by greed, some by habit. If you are trying to rebuff this fact, then you must be suffering from MPS. On one hand you are a puritan, on the other you are a hypocrite, hiding yourself in a veil of falsity, from the society and worse - from yourself. Its high time you consult your local psychiatrist.

Too much philosophy for one day. Enough.