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With the limited experience of life that I have till now,
I have happened to meet people from various places, backgrounds, ethics and
beliefs. Some of them were sweet, some were ‘extra’ sweet, some were rude,
some were good to know, some made me feel that I wasn’t the worst person
existing and some left ever lasting impacts on my mind courtesy their unique
gestures or humble approach to life. Before we talk about anything further,
most important principle of life is to NEVER stop learning. The development
of a person is with respect to food and age but the development of a
personality owes to what we learn in life. The key point here is to note
that our process of self-education should not be confined to a person,
group, sector, class or age. To elaborate it a little bit, we should not
just learn from our friends but also our foes. Not just from people we know
but also from that man we randomly see walking on a roadside. Not only from
a slow careful driver but also that rash chauffeur who over-takes us
dangerously on a busy road. What is important is to pick up all the positive
things and learn from them. As we move on with life, various opportunities
fall our way. Some utilize these times and achieve something and others just
keep dreaming until they wake up to know that they are a ‘bit’ too late.
This is where the ‘art’ of living a life comes in, the art which narrates
how to handle such an accomplishment and how to deal with the failure.
Talking about the accomplishments in life, it’s surely one of the best
feelings on earth to know that we have achieved something in life.
Unfortunately at times, the feeling gets so over-whelming that we tend to
forget everything else and feel somewhat an exceptional creature. We
gravitate towards the feeling of superiority and forget the various reasons
and factors involved to elevate us to such a position. My mom always told me
to bow down further if I ever achieved something. Though the word
‘achievement’ was rare in the dictionary of my life, yet I could never help
feeling proud of anything that I did accomplish. With time, I did realize,
what mom told me was not a stereotypical moral building lecture rather it
truly made sense. The beauty of any success lies in utmost modesty. With
this, more than the accomplishment, people shall appreciate your humbleness,
which becomes the shining aspect of your personality. There is however, a
broad line between modesty and ungratefulness. Modesty does not imply that
you should underestimate yourself rather it’s a clear connotation of the
belief that your success should not be an invitation to arrogance.
Ungratefulness on the other hand is to be unsatisfied with what one has been
blessed with. It basically emphasizes on being unhappy with what one has. In
all, what forms the beauty and what appears the most charming is to work for
all that you want in life and as you keep achieving your target, modesty and
humbleness should be the glittering feature of yourself.
There are a lot of times though, when what you aim for, or what you
are sure to get, does not really reach you. This creates a lot of
dissatisfaction in oneself. We all are so in love with the bright side of
life that we don’t ever want to think of the darker end. What we don’t
realize is that it’s because of these dark sides that we develop an
appreciation for the brighter aspects of life. Again as I mentioned before,
the art of living is how we deal with issues such as these. The first thing
that should click you right away incase of a failure is that there could be
a worse outcome or consequence than what you got and that all the success in
the world is not meant for you. Also, God has had so many blessings on you
and if once in a while HE hasn’t blessed you with what you thought was right
for you, it probably is a sign; Sign that God saved you from something that
wasn’t really good for you at that point and time. As much funny as it
sounds, look at the glistening side of your failure. Depression would have a
direct effect on you, your work, your life and of course, your goals. Work
hard and look for another chance. Never let downfall lead you to adopt
procrastination. Never and I repeat, never let the jealousy monster suck
your blood.
Sometimes, such approaches do sound a little dramatic but honestly, if you
do adopt them, life becomes pleasing. Your successes become more exciting
and your occasional failures never bother you. In the package, you earn
respect, people admire you and no one has any sort of jealousies with you.
All the deal asks you is to pay in terms of modesty and humbleness. At the
end of it all, you only help yourself! |
