I thot of choosing title for this blog as sth more meaningful like "Essence of Life", which essentially is the underlying thought, but it will be clear by the end why i choose this title.
For 27 years of my life, i have pondered over what is the purpose of my life? Of our lives? Of everyone who exists on this planet?
I was never able to figure out whether we drive this life, or life is driving us? Whether we r sum total of our environ, or environ is what i make of it? Whether i choose to study & work like i am, or they were choosen for me? Whether I chose my life or i will choose my death or is it someone else who is sitting out there doing this? What happens when he chooses to call it a day, what happens to the THINGS i thot were my AIM in life? What is it tht i want to achieve?
Whether i have some impact on life, or we all r living in this Oblivion, falling through an abyss !!
Is the nirvana near or is it a vacuum in which Earth keeps falling?
I went thru school, did engg (gud ones, Ehaa !!), job (Nice payin), then MBA (one of the best ones), & on my way to be an i-banker, then lots & lots of money with no time to spend. Then may be retire soon & spend then. Enjoy & have fun. But then what??
No, i want to make a more meaningful impact on world !!
Two ways: Philanthropy or Entrepreneurship.
Entre - Create lot of wealth (i believe poverty can be distributed, u need to create lot of wealth to distribute wealth). Empires like Infosys, TCS etc which ppl will look upto and remember me. But before i make them i will be too old, to enjoy tht appreciation, wealth. Even if i do, 100 yrs later who's gonna care about it !! Or lets say after i m gone, who's gonna care bout it. Me, to whom this mattered (Remember eone has diff preferences in life), i m gone !! Then i may never succeed. To die with satisfaction of building an empire, i waste my life in regret and misery, unless i enjoy tht !!
Philanthropy, my views r not well formed for to pursue this activity !! I want some life and pleasures for myself as well. Lets leave this as of now.
Having pondered over this trade-off of earning gud money without risk Vs Entre, i couldnt satisfy myself with any answer. What is it tht god above us want us to do? Do we all earn a lot of money? Someone wid not an aptitude for Entre & someone wid not so sharp brains to go for big bucks, what do they do? Sit in a corner and feal miserable. May be HE made few more unequal than others. But if HE wanted everyone to be equal, then may be he wanted us all to enjoy life (journey is more imp than the destination) & be busy in whatever we think is our aim. For some big job, big degrees, ground breaking R&D, big building, Business Empires, secure future of kids, building Family Name etc etc. But what if some day i loose interest in all these things? The thing for which i lived all my life, about which i dreamt day n night, suddenly one day it stops mattering to me. Eth looks meaningless. Than what hope do i have from life. Suddenly, we think life is useless, meaningless and we feel world doesnt need us, we no longer need to here & all depressing thought start creepin in again. It is this state, ppl go carried away & loose this precious life, their shot at life.
Then what shud we do?
I just tried to see what has life to offer you !! It is very beautiful, so many good places to go. Just sit with very good frndz of you & spend a nice weekend. Hold hand of ur gf & sit on a beach watching sun setting down, lie in ur house with ur head in ur mother's lap, make tht nice painting or piece of art over a weekend, party like hell.....
Do they cost a lot?
Definitely NOT !!
So what is the point? Try connecting dots. We all have some aim in life, & tht HE gives us to keep us busy. These aims shud be unachievable (with intermittent path of comparatively moderate achievements). It will intrigue one, what all mistakes he do on way, what all he achieves on way, & what all he overcomes. But importantly he keeps himself busy all through his life, aspiring to achieve tht one moment of ULTIMATE accomplishment. But HE (The ONE), wanted us to remain only busy, just to pass time, & collectively as a Human Race build great things. We have certainly build up an entire world all around us, all those amazing things. We r a small part of all this world and together incrementally, generation-by-generation work towards developing sth, which HE is able to see, not we.
So.......
I will say, Life is very beautiful, establish an ULTIMATE AIM for urself, pretty high, but never be frustrated at not achieving it, it was NEVER meant to be achieved. Enjoy your path, because 50 yrs later, u will remember the wonderful conversation u had with ur frndz, the evening u spent wid tht wonderful gal.
I will call this:
"Magic Moment" theory
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Eth is measured in quantas of Magic Moments (Mm). Magic Moment is defined as those moments tht u cherished and cherish whenever u remember them.
Measure your life in Mm, atleast 12 every year, preferably few 1000s in lifetime.
Measure ur frndz in Mmf, Sum[how many Mm u spent with a frnd] over all friends .
Measure ur network strength (social circle/networking)in Mmn, how many Mm u created while being in tht network, for u & others.
Measure ur wealth in Mm$, how much time & $ u spent in creating next Mm for urself, less u spend, poorer u r.
Measure ur achievements in Mmm, how many Mm milestones u created in ur life. Those events of ur life, which u will remember at the top of ur head, for which u will feel tht nostalgic pain !!
Measure ur social conscience in Mmc, how many times u created Mm for others and not necessarily for urself. Whenever they will recall, such Mm shud come on top of their list.
Think about it. What is is tht u need to create a Magic Moment?
A smile, a joke, a walk in the evening, 10 mins, 10 bucks, creating a +ive air around u, forgiving someone, seekin someone's pardon, giving blessings, making someone HAPPY !!
If u got a Magic Moment, share here in comments, it may become Mm for someone !!
