It’s that easy…
Perhaps our lives would have been much more meaningful and rewarding:
– If we knew our priorities and remembered them whenever needed
– If we could manage our strengths and accept our weaknesses
– If we knew when to push hard and when to slowdown
– If we knew it’s all going to be ok (over) in the end.
Oh, that’s some serious stuff.
Ok, let’s do this then: try to stay present, forgive, forget, and move on…
Written by
Raj H.
The dilemma…
I am at a conference this week. Today is my second day of it. My goal is to meet and get inspired by more experienced and more successful people. But everything seems so insipid. The more I am forcing myself to like and appreciate them, the more it’s causing nausea.
Unfortunately, the people I wanted to get inspired by seemed to me as if they were very badly tuned musical instruments. Should I listen to these badly tuned instruments to tune mine?
Then I step out of the conference hall. A short walk through the shade of the trees dissipated nausea. Now, I am looking at this beautiful lake and the marvelous trees, listening to the birds chirping, and feeling a cool breeze on my face. Aa ha…
By Raj H.
Rage against the dying of the light…
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
– Dylan Thomas.
No matter how prepared you think you are, life is going to hit you in your face. Perhaps it’s a wake up call. It’s a reminder that this game of life is very short. Perhaps a lot shorter and more fragile than we imagine.
Whether you play or you don’t, the game is going to be over soon. Why not go out there and give it our best shot.
Dad, let me play whatever’s out there for me. I will see you on the other side in a while.
Shades of life.
There is noise and friction, pain and misery, disease and dissolution. Perhaps these are the darker elements of life.
But then there are brighter elements: nature, beauty, art, music, literature, and kinship.
Let’s acknowledge the existence of the darker side and appreciate and nurture the brighter.
Perhaps the darker side is the source of the brighter one.
By Raj H.
Why do you like driving your old truck?
Lately, I have been working on a new woodworking project. It’s nothing amazing, but it’s something that I have never done before. It is requiring new wood cutting pattern. There is something called dados. I am needing to cut dados equally spaced on a strip of wood which has a thickness of a dado grove. In simpler terms, this process requires very precise measurements and cuts. Therefore, I am trying to use new tools.
Using new tools requires new skills, Which requires time and effort. When you have done all that and started working on the project, most of the times things don’t come out as you imagined. Let me tell you, this is a very painful situation. This is the moment of truth. Truth that everything in this material world has limitations. There are two things possible at this moment: you either give up the project, which is disheartening, or you will accept the limitations of the tool or the technique. And then come up with a new procedure. Of course, your expectations need recalibration.
Perhaps, this theme overlaps interpersonal relationships, business management, or any activity for that matter. There is always a testing phase, then accepting the limitations, and then recalibrating the process or your expectations.
Is this why you still love driving your old truck?
By Raj H.
Mesmerizing Sunset Over A Lake
The Sparkling Lake
Serene Moments…
How would you know you have made a decision?
The word decision comes from a Latin word Decidere. It’s a combination of two words: De + Caedare: Off + Cut. Therefore, decision means to pick one option and cut off all the other options. Once a decision is made all other options disappear from the horizon. If you see any hint of a choice or an alternative, you haven’t made a decision yet.
By Raj H.
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