
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
~William Shakespeare
by : Jithin Raghavan
A plum once said, just because a banana lover came by, I converted myself into a banana. Unfortunately, his taste changed after a few months and so I became an orange. When he said I was bitter I became an apple, but he went in search of grapes. Yielding to the opinions of so many people, I have changed so many times that I no more know who I am. How I wish I had remained a plum and waited for a plum lover.
Just because a group of people do not accept you as you are, there is no necessity for you to strip yourself of your originality. You need to think good of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate. Never stoop down in order to gain recognition.
Never let go of your true self to win a relationship. In the long run, you will regret that you traded your greatest glory – your uniqueness, for momentary validation. Even Gandhi was not accepted by many people. The group that does not accept you the way you are, is not your world.
A classic example .. One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym".
In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself. The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought: "Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he died!".
One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: "There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.
You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes.
Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life. "The most important relationship you can have, is the one you have with yourself" Examine yourself, watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses: be a winner, build yourself and your reality. The world is like a mirror: it gives back to anyone the reflection of the thoughts in which one has strongly believed.
The world and your reality are like mirrors laying in a coffin, which show to any individual the death of his divine capability to imagine and create his happiness and his success. "It's the way you face Life that makes the difference"
There is a world for each one of you, where you shall reign as king / queen by just being yourself. Find that world… in fact, that world will find you. What water can do, gasoline cannot and what copper can, gold cannot. The fragility of the ant enables it to move and the rigidity of the tree enables it to stay rooted.
Everything and everybody has been designed with a proportion of uniqueness to serve a purpose that we can fulfill only by being our unique self. You as you alone can serve your purpose and I as I alone can serve my purpose. You are here to be you… just you.
In the history of the universe, there has been nobody like you and to the infinite of time to come, there will be no one like you. You are original. You are rare. You are unique. You are a wonder. You are a masterpiece…
Hey!!!Good Job,Jithu :)!Liked the way u linked the anecdotes with the plot..Moreover,could sense the innocence that lies underneath your words..Keep writing!
ReplyDeleteFound it interesting...keep writing
ReplyDelete@Ambily chechi : Thnx .. :) .. Surely will ..
ReplyDelete@Navaneeth : definitely ..
good job brother....liked the way you started off....keep writing!!!
ReplyDeletejithu..awesome man..thts some powerful stuff
ReplyDeleteHats off to an engineer turned philosopher brother. You should be directing a sequel to Tare Zameen Paar.
ReplyDelete@ bagaboys : u cant predict... 2morow he may bcome another robin sharma or arindam chaudhary.....
ReplyDeleteWhat an uplifting artcile for many of us who r still searching their way in a crowd...
ReplyDelete@Arjun Or even a successor to Osho ????
ReplyDelete@Sis : thnkewwww ..
ReplyDelete@Merlin : Thanx a lot!
@bagaboys : Osho???? hehehe .. Thtz stretching too far .. :P ..
@Arjun : Arindham chaudhary?? .. pode pode .. :D
@Deepa mam : Thank you mam !! :) :)