Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Art Of Trying

Pablo Picasso said:"God is above all, an artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the ant. He never tried to follow one particular style. He simply kept on doing whatever he felt like doing".

It is the desire to walk that creates the path ahead; however, when we set off on the journey towards our dream, we feel very afraid, as if we had to get everything right first time. But, given that we all live different lives, who decided what 'getting everything right' means? If God made the giraffe, the elephant and the ant, and we are trying to live in His image, why do we have to follow any other model? A model might sometimes help us to avoid repeating the stupid mistakes that others have made, but, more often than not, it becomes a prison that makes us repeat what everyone else has always done.

It means making sure your tie always matches your socks. It means being forced to have the same opinions tomorrow as you had today. Where does that leave the constantly shifting world?

As long as it doesn't harm anyone, change your opinions now and then and be unashamedly contradictory. You have that right; it doesn't matter what other people think, because they're going to think something anyway.

So relax. Let the universe move around you and discover the joy of surprising yourself. 'God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise', says St.Paul.

A warrior of light often finds that certain moments repeat themselves. He is often faced by the same problems and situations and, seeing these difficult situations return, he grows depressed, thinking that he is incapable of making any progress in life.
'I've been through all this before,' he says to his heart.
'Yes, you have been through all this before', replies his heart.'But you have never been beyond it'.
Then the warrior realizes that these repeated experiences have but one aim: to teach him what he has not yet learned. He always finds a different solution for each repeated battle, and he does not consider his failures to be mistakes but, rather, as steps along the path to a meeting with himself.
- From Paulo Coelho..Like the flowing River

6 comments:

  1. Sir;
    Sorry to be so crude but what do you do at this hour of the day{night}(noticing the posting time)? Please Sir take some rest and take care of yourself(I do not know but maybe being just selfish)Sir have a nice weekend(of whatever is left)

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  2. Sir;
    Extremely sorry for the comment on time in the other link (as it is not opening presently in my system I am asking for a pardon here )There seems to be a problem of time setting in that link the
    AM and the PM are interchanged so this blunder on my part the concern still remains.Thanks

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  3. Sir,

    Congrats on starting a new blog. To motivate others one needs a leadership quality and you have it in abundance!! TO Keep motivating always means to be motivated always!! I pray god to give you unfaltering strength always.

    'Yes, you have been through all this before', replies his heart.'But you have never been beyond it'. - Very nice quote!! and to be remembered always!!!

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  4. Sir,

    Congrats on starting a new blog. Blogging is not an "easy job". You are doing it excellently.

    Kashtapattu velaiseyyaradhivida, ishtapattu velaisenja ellam nalla varum.. you are proving. I learnt and learning a lot from your 'simplicity". Thanks a ton again for this new blog.

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  5. sir,
    this will become bigger than jn -)

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  6. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful. Those are the only words that come to mind after reading above.
    Thanks.

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