On Patience

Evolution is a gradual process and is about growth through the establishment of simple truths, which are the rules that reap maximum benefits for the sustenance of individuals in this world.

We are the subjects of evolution, always getting built into a greater structure on different mental and physical grounds. We are also the creatures of Egoism. The expression of egoism hinders our soul towards experiencing and assimilating the simple truths that evolutionary life has to offer.
Nature undergoes the construction process slowly. The changes towards the benefit of the individual happen gradually, over the period of several years sometimes. The time depends on whether we fight towards the change or against it. The scars heal slowly as the complex forces of nature come together to form a system.
We are the ones who resent the slowness of life's change. We want to grow faster, make fast decisions, heal faster, become popular instantly but what we forget is that to evolve is nature's own way to train us for good and it only happens if we remain patient.
Impatience always leads to people going astray, swerving away from the path of evolution, the path of good.
We must remember that for a journey of thousand miles begins not just with the first confident step, but the first 'patient' step.

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The Perception of Luck

He bent down one last time with his club in hand, staring defiantly at the sands. Surely, this would be one step too far. Everyone around him had given up hope. There was no way with the inclination so steep that anyone could lift the ball above the bunker and into the hole, not in one stroke anyway. But this guy was different. He saw the wind was moving in his direction and once the ball cleared the bunker, there was a downward slope to the hole. He selected his club, with the approval of his caddie and focused on the ball. The world around him vanished like a man with an astigmatic vision. He took one swing of the club, the ball flew out of the bunker and slowly made its way towards the hole and with each rotation the palpitation of the crowd was so loud, you could hear it. And then, VOILA!!! We had a winner. The ball slips into the hole; the player takes his cap off and bows to the crowd. He was none other than Tiger Woods himself.

Once we know the name, we are often led into believing the inevitability of that result. But just think, if that person was a newcomer, an unknown person none of us would be thinking like this. It’s as if we have classified a particular set of individuals as genius or in some cases and cultures demi-gods. For others, everyone has a threshold, a limit beyond which we cannot pass. However in our myopic judgement we don’t notice the simplicity of their thinking, the adroitness of their execution and the passion in their hearts. They simply break a problem down into simple constituents and always take it one step at a time.

So next time before procrastinating at a problem, ask yourself this question. Is this problem really impossible, or is your acceptance an excuse for your indolence. And then remember what Cassius told Marcus Brutus in the play Julius Caesar, “Don’t blame the stars, for the fault lies in ourselves that we are underlings.”

Guest Written By Abhinav Verma

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Athletes As A Dream of Impulse

What do we find common between a professional footballer on a payslip with 5 zeroes on it every week and an 8 year old running pointlessly in the middle of the day? Is it the spark of fulfilment in their eyes or the joy they get while doing what they love to do?

The answer to this question is also the very reason why kids idolize atheletes. Maybe its because they live out their dreams in them. Just imagine how satisfying it would be to make a living out of something you love to do! Most of us as kids must have had an awesome plan or a dream we now only wish we would have chased. So what changed?

Kids have an enviable knack for doing something with such selfless committment that it is beyond any comprehensible logic. They don't worry about the outcome nor do they need any external motivation. Whereas, we as adults are inspired only by logic, trying to do things only if there is a definite outcome we are aware of. We don't take enough chances. Children are therefore, in many weird ways braver than adults as they don't need incentives as a source of inspiration. So my advice, be impulsive, take your chances, never grow up!


Guest Written By Mohit Lakhotia

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Can Curiosity & Maturity Coexist?

It is hard to put a price on what we gain from experience but for some of us there is one great quality that gets expended in this evolutionary step, curiosity. The ironic thing is that curiosity is mandatory for discovery, success & experience and we kill it in the first place as we grow up, by manifesting ego. The first point where loss of curious outlook occurs is when we start to think 'I know', whereas, to start to know something, we should avoid thinking just that.
For those of us who put ego before experience & get hurt & fatigued with every endeavor they make, what is needed to be remembered is that every event in life is a trial. We live to experiment. If we lose the agility to experiment, our life will only be a emotionless chase to nowhere except collecting a few ideas that support our ego.
A childlike curiosity is nature's primary & most precious gift. It is like water to a tree, necessary at the very root & at every step of its growth to gain height & strength that this world demands. All that is needed is to let the water of curiosity be present in the soil of life, to moisten & tender every mature flower.

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