'Aaaaaaaaal izzzzz wellllllll...'
That is the advice Amir Khan gives to his friends in the movie '3 Idiots' to make them feel better. Just tell yourself that 'All izz well', and eventually, all will become well. It is an advice that I am given quite often, and I know friends who swear by it.
All izz well? Yeah right. What good does it do to tell yourself that all is well, when things are not well? Life is not a Bollywood movie. Things do not magically work out on their own. You are in control of your actions and not the results. Since you are in control of your actions, why not try and take control of your destiny as much as possible and try and make things well, when they are not going well? There is no guarantee that all will become well, but I think it is much more sane advice than just being a happy-go-lucky foolish optimist.
So should you be pessimistic? Absolutely not. No one ever got any where by being full of negative energy. The first step to making your life better is to believe that it can be better, and that will never happen if you are convinced that nothing in the world can go right.
So friends, my advice to you, is don't be a foolish optimist, and don't be a negative pessimist. Be a realist, allow yourself to be depressed, and allow yourself to be happy. Both emotions will make you a stronger person in the long run. Make your own decisions, but never have such a big ego to not be able to take good advice.
Remember, not to look at the glass as being half full, not as being half empty, but recognizing that you have the capacity to fill it upto the brim.
And that is the gyan I have to give today. :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
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Good advice! I would like to add "The first step to being a realist, know your risks and learn probability" :D
ReplyDeleteI think all life is about making sense of things we don't know about (ie "future"). Any decision we make involves gaining something and losing something. Be aware what those are, and if you can live with those gains and losses.
Agree completely!
ReplyDeleteaptly pointed out, absolutely agree with you. Blind optimism i.e. "All izz well", like many other things, is a placebo.
ReplyDeletea request - is it possible to disable the word verification since you are moderating the comments anyways? it works like a negative catalyst in the process of posting comments :D
ReplyDeleteBluebottle... thanks alot! I didn't know word verification was on. I started getting alot of spam comments, so put security up as high as possible. But yes, I will certainly disable word verification.
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