As I enter the final leg of my life at Symbi, Lavale (and away from it, given the point of time I am writing this post), I am still waiting for the moment when I start feeling nostalgic about things, moments, places, people. People keep asking me critical questions all the time which have rather silly answers that I don’t want to provide right there lest I look like a moron. Hence, this post.
The Traveller.
Now this is something which is characteristic of me at many levels. The apparent reason is because I have travelled somewhere near 20000 kms using a combination of popular modes of transportation including but not limited to buses, flights, cars, trains, motorbikes and my trusty pair of legs. I also travelled in terms of my credentials, from a Bachelors’ in technology to a Masters in Human Resources management. People look at me now as if I am someone now, and not the nobody I was a couple of years ago. I wonder what has brought out this sudden revelation –sic- . Now that the apparent reason is un-curious-ified, the not to apparent one needs to delineated. I interacted with a number of people directly and indirectly, understood them or misunderstood them, all this while learning more and more about them , their dreams, aspirations, schemes, plans, mental maps. These interactions have been responsible for innumerable crests and troughs which if measured in clicks would easily surpass the aforementioned physical aggregate. I wish I could have emerged unscathed but we all know how impossible that is, but I try to minimize the damage from the fallout. The rules are the same as in the real world. Duck, cover your head and pray. My gtalk status reads, “The traveller”.
The Prioritizer.
Life becomes very simple to lead if you know which turn to take whenever you meet a fork in the road. It’s called decision making, and is simply the one unavoidable aspect of living that connects your past with your present, your regrets and your successes, your friends and your enemies and sometimes your life and death. The ideal situation would be when one could take any decision without it having any adverse consequences. But it would be better for one to realize that we live in a universe where limitations are a reality and exceptions are rules. I will reveal my talisman of decision making in the hope that some of you who have little clue on how to go about it, could benefit from the same. It’s simple really, all you have to do is decide what is more important to you, and taking which decision will bring you closer to it. Heh. Yes the trick lies not in the talisman but in the process of prioritizing. You see, if you have your priorities sorted, you will have little to be apprehensive in life. It’s like having a loaded dice in while playing snakes and ladders. You get ladders when you want them, where you want them. But prioritizing can be a real pain, because everything you have ever wanted, owned or known has a priority attached, and this level of importance dynamically changes with passage of time, and with every new decision you take. Keeping track of them is indeed a critical task. All I can say is, good luck to all of us with sorting our lives out.
The Right-doer.
I like being right all the time. How many of us don’t? It’s not possible though, and the times when I feel I am wrong, I react. Sometimes I am in denial mode, at other times I may become aggressive or even violent. This obsession with being right has consumed me. There is something I want to clarify with everyone else. Being wrong is not bad, but wanting to be right all the time is. There are times when you are wrong, gladly accept the mistakes you have made and don’t repeat them. It’s important to be righteous, and never as important to be right.
Later.
