AM I AWARE – WHERE I AM?

It was a dark midnight. Very few people could be seen on the road. But a person was searching hard for something near dim street light along the road. Meanwhile his friend arrived there. He asked him what he was searching for. When he came to know that his friend lost his precious golden ring, he enquired him about the probable location where the ring might have fallen. To his surprise, the place where his friend was searching was entirely different. So, he asked his friend, why he was searching for the ring somewhere else rather than to find where it could have been? His friend, replied: “Yes, it has been probably fallen there, but it is very dark there, hence I am searching for it here, where there is some light at least. “His friend then counsel him: “Even though, there is absolute darkness, you have to bring some light there only if you really want to find your thing. No matter how much time and energy you devote here, you won’t find your thing.”

We may think that practically, there may not be such foolish person, but if we think a little deeper we might also been lost into certain process or path which is not meant for our the destination we have decided. So, it is very important to analyze ourselves on ongoing way to be in proper direction at proper pace always to reach to our destination.

Imagine a situation, where we have travelled for a whole day for a set destination and when we think that we have reached halfway and then we come to know that we have lost the way. It is really painful to go back and restart our journey. But then it is wise to accept our mistake and the present situation. It is wise to have more patience and be more aware to avoid such situation in future. In nutshell, it is always wise to restart our journey instead of we keep walking in the wrong direction.

Awareness of my passion, what I want from my life, what are skill-sets required for the same, where I am and what is the gap which I need to bridge to achieve the benchmarks; is the precondition of success and happiness in my life.