'The future depends on what you do today" as said by Mahatma Gandhi
My moment is what i feel now, what i went through yesterday is history , i have yet to know what i will feel tomorrow but this moment is when I am... Alive. I have never been a buff for history, people say that we need to know where we have come from, what we have achieved from yesterday and in order to not let history repeat itself, lets engage in understanding history.
One day i tried walking backwards, i tripped as my eyes were in front and my footsteps were moving backwards. Then i tried moving forward but with my back as i wanted to look backwards and move forward. Well i tripped again. That's the day i realised past is past, if we keep looking for answers in our past, only outcome will be we will trip and history will repeat itself. I am not a scholar nor can i debate on this topic as their are many views on this topic, but from my heart i do feel that some where we all know that past cannot be changed, future is what we make by living in our present.
I remember one day at work, we were working on a pitch and we were sure about what our client wanted therefore the work was in full swing to ensure we get the business. My colleague who was taking care of the account, comes to me to tell me that the client has shared our ideas with our competition and we will not get the business. What action had been taken, and i was told none. Now as we didn't have much time but just that day to ensure we get the business. We called our client, insisted on an immediate meeting with his team and presented our ideas without any graphics. The point was after our presentation, any other agency even presenting amazing graphics on the same idea would not have been entertained as the ideas belonged to us. This was the choice we made and the risk we took to ensure we had the business. Past did not matter that our ideas were shared. What we had was that moment to make a decision to make our future and get business.
Its always that blink of a decision we make to seize that opportunity which knocks at our door, many a times we let go of this as we are uncertain of the outcome. Many a times we are shy of going ahead with an idea which comes in our mind as we don't know how people will react.
When i started writing my blogs, i had no idea if people will like them, appreciate or just laugh at them. No idea at all, but as i enjoy writing my thoughts, i one day just started writing.
Similarly one day i left my corporate world and decided to teach people meditation. Every one i know was shocked, what you retiring from your work and to do this? Being in entertainment industry, glitz , glamour and hard work and all of a sudden i am talking about meditation. Yes the thought had sounded very corny to me too... from capitalist to spiritualism. Well i never wanted to open an agency of my own, i frankly had no time when i was working. I wanted to create something substantial which could eventually help people and in my tryst with destiny i seized the moment when i had the courage to quit. I did get second, third, fourth thoughts , even went back to the same world for an year and half but then i realised, i was looking backwards in my life. What i had, not what i will make. This realisation got me back on my tract to pursue my dream of creating a stress free environment.
Every morning i practice old tibetan Death Meditation. If today is my last day on earth, will i do what is expected from me by people, or will i create something which will help humanity at large. This can be both capitalistic as well as spiritual , the thought is to be alive and seize the day!
Carpe Diem ... time waits for no one... let this be your moment.
My moment is what i feel now, what i went through yesterday is history , i have yet to know what i will feel tomorrow but this moment is when I am... Alive. I have never been a buff for history, people say that we need to know where we have come from, what we have achieved from yesterday and in order to not let history repeat itself, lets engage in understanding history.
One day i tried walking backwards, i tripped as my eyes were in front and my footsteps were moving backwards. Then i tried moving forward but with my back as i wanted to look backwards and move forward. Well i tripped again. That's the day i realised past is past, if we keep looking for answers in our past, only outcome will be we will trip and history will repeat itself. I am not a scholar nor can i debate on this topic as their are many views on this topic, but from my heart i do feel that some where we all know that past cannot be changed, future is what we make by living in our present.
I remember one day at work, we were working on a pitch and we were sure about what our client wanted therefore the work was in full swing to ensure we get the business. My colleague who was taking care of the account, comes to me to tell me that the client has shared our ideas with our competition and we will not get the business. What action had been taken, and i was told none. Now as we didn't have much time but just that day to ensure we get the business. We called our client, insisted on an immediate meeting with his team and presented our ideas without any graphics. The point was after our presentation, any other agency even presenting amazing graphics on the same idea would not have been entertained as the ideas belonged to us. This was the choice we made and the risk we took to ensure we had the business. Past did not matter that our ideas were shared. What we had was that moment to make a decision to make our future and get business.
Its always that blink of a decision we make to seize that opportunity which knocks at our door, many a times we let go of this as we are uncertain of the outcome. Many a times we are shy of going ahead with an idea which comes in our mind as we don't know how people will react.
When i started writing my blogs, i had no idea if people will like them, appreciate or just laugh at them. No idea at all, but as i enjoy writing my thoughts, i one day just started writing.
Similarly one day i left my corporate world and decided to teach people meditation. Every one i know was shocked, what you retiring from your work and to do this? Being in entertainment industry, glitz , glamour and hard work and all of a sudden i am talking about meditation. Yes the thought had sounded very corny to me too... from capitalist to spiritualism. Well i never wanted to open an agency of my own, i frankly had no time when i was working. I wanted to create something substantial which could eventually help people and in my tryst with destiny i seized the moment when i had the courage to quit. I did get second, third, fourth thoughts , even went back to the same world for an year and half but then i realised, i was looking backwards in my life. What i had, not what i will make. This realisation got me back on my tract to pursue my dream of creating a stress free environment.
Every morning i practice old tibetan Death Meditation. If today is my last day on earth, will i do what is expected from me by people, or will i create something which will help humanity at large. This can be both capitalistic as well as spiritual , the thought is to be alive and seize the day!
Carpe Diem ... time waits for no one... let this be your moment.
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