Imagine a huge snakes & ladder board lying in front of you. Consider the 100 numbers listed on the board as 100 years in your life - imagine that each number represents each age in your life - I didn't say living or dead. You don't know till where you are going to go. But, just imagine 100 'age blocks' on the board.
Now, climb the board and start walking through your childhood age. Got some glimpses? Collect them in your memory. Now, go past 10 and turn to 11. Make a u-turn and start walking through your teenage. Don't forget to collect your memories through this lane. Keep walking and make another turn and walk through your glorious 20s and reach till the starting point of 30s. Wait! You got my point. Now, jump to your '80' age block.
Look back....
What do you see?
What all do you remember about your age 5? You cried when someone took away your toy?
What happened at 13? You had a crush on someone who didn't respond to your feelings? Or did you fight with your dad convincing him to let you go for a party or sleep over or inter-state competition?
And at 16? Your gf/bf left you for someone else? Or you broke someone's heart? Either way it wasn't pleasant. And this was when you were deciding which career path to chose? You spent days and night worrying about the best career for yourself.
At 22? You are done with your graduation. But, when you thought you had decided your career path, you realized that this is where the actual struggle starts!
Between 22 and 30, you go through so many realities of life, that you suddenly realize that you are grown up! It's the years of responsibility, job, (may be) start of a family, and all those decisions of figuring out your next 10-20 years of life and planning of retirement.
But ultimately..... you stand at 80...... and look back at your whole life, realizing, life figured out its ways some way or the another ! Then why was I worrying so much about it? I wish I had spent sometime worrying less and 'living my life' more! Does 'bad marks in an exam' matter any more? That was such a small incidence at a point in my life! Does a
This is how I visualize my life every time I have to take a decision. I question myself - is my worry at my current 'age block' going to be significant event of my life's story? Or can I let it go? Should I really worry about it so much or should I make sure that I don't miss enjoying this another valuable moment of my life?!
It's not that this view of life will eliminate all your worries. Life was never supposed to be easy! But if you can practice the theory of "let go", it will just make the journey of your life much easier and pleasurable.
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