Inspirational
THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE
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A professor of philosophy stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”
“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”
“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
Be Enthusiastic
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Nothing great is ever achieved without
enthusiasm. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enthusiasm and success go hand in hand, but enthusiasm comes first. Enthusiasm inspires confidence, raises morale, builds loyalty! and is priceless. Enthusiasm is contagious. You can feel enthusiasm by the way a person talks, walks or shakes hands. Enthusiasm is a habit that one can acquire and practice.
Many decades ago, Charles Schwab, who was earning a salary of a million dollars a year, was asked if he was being paid such a high salary because of his exceptional ability to produce steel. Charles Schwab replied, “I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among the men the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.”
Live while you are alive. Don’t die before
you are dead.
Enthusiasm and desire are what change
mediocrity to excellence.
Water turns into steam with a difference of only one degree in temperature and steam can move some of the biggest engines in the world.
That is what enthusiasm helps us to do in our lives.
CONTINUITY IS LIFE….
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Is satisfaction the beginning of stagnation in one’s life?
I don’t think so, as it is, satisfaction which gets reflected in our love and devotion towards our work which keep us going. Instead, it’s a general sense of complacency which devoid us of our vision for a positive movement.
Complacency comes from a lack of motivation and desire to grow. When we get complacent our productivity suffers and we stop striving for the better. On the other hand, our devotion towards our work reflects our love and appetite for it which grows up with each of our achievements, the achievements which in turn acts as a catalyst in motivating us to pursue our work persistently.
As Tendulkar had pointed out earlier that he is happy with his career but not satisfied, which just underscores his appetite and devotion towards his game.
Satisfaction is inherent in one’s happiness but to be satisfied to a level where one ceases to practice and enjoy his work is to script one’s own stagnation. To avoid coming to a stand still we must continue to love and learn from our work. Learning being a life long process, any thought of having learned enough would make us stop growing and moving forward. Learning regularly is the only way to stay happy and focused. To continue learning we must continue striving and practicing our work.
Stagnation robs us of our potency and makes us pointless in our approach, just as the still water which gets contaminated after a while and becomes useless. Swami Vivekanand said, “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.” Does that mean we can stop when we reach our goal? No. Every time we reach a goal, a newer progressive goal worth achieving awaits our attention, pursuing which becomes a natural way forward for us. Attainment of worthy progressive goals is a continuous process; any decisive halt on our part before or after the attainment of a particular goal will result in our stagnation.
We should not get disheartened by the obstacles that we may face in reaching our every goal, nor should we flinch ourselves from the hard work. Remember, if we aim right, there would not come a moment of us seeing ourselves coming to an abrupt halt.
Love your work; any work done without enthusiasm and passion will never bear the result it should have been otherwise.
We should, therefore, consciously continue making efforts and let our thoughts remain engaged to our work to avoid stagnation at any stage of our life. The idea is to have a control on our work and not let our work control us.
Remember that our efforts may fail, but never fail to make efforts, for they will keep you moving and will surely fetch you results if not today, definitely tomorrow.
Why Are We Busy All The Time?
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Last week, while I was on a twelve hour journey on bus, I came across this gentleman who sat comfortably with his eyes glued to his laptop. He was engrossed on social networking sites, selecting the ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ button with each post. No matter what the post says he kept his opinion limited to hitting of like or dislike button.
After having scanned all the posts he shut off his laptop and entered into a conversation on his smart phone with someone. After his elaborate conversation which lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, he pulled out his tablet and started playing his favourite game. As if all these had tired him, he put off all his gadgets and went to sleep. With his eyes wide open and mind wandering he was unable to fall asleep, and then came the gadget from the side chain of his travel bag: an ebook reader, to soothe his mind with the words, which only he can make out its effectiveness in making him fall asleep.
All this sight was enough for me to think about our growing nature to want to remain ever busy. Has it become so difficult to let go of a moment for sometime, or keep ourselves detached from everything?
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