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Posted: March 23, 2015 in Uncategorized0
…so often than not, when we meet new people one of the first questions that we ask them is “So…what do you do?”. And they answer comprehensively with little or no hesitation whatsoever. But ask someone “So…who ARE you?” and they pause, hesitate and even assume that you are a whacko! We have defined ourselves based on what we do, our achievements and possessions and our institutions, forgetting the impermanence of it all and attributing so much value to them. I can’t help but imagine how different the quality of our relationships will be if we ask people ‘who they are’ instead of ‘what they do’. Here today; gone tomorrow…WHO ARE YOU Really???
What does it take to become successful? What IS success? To me “Success is a sustained equilibrium of the most intimate areas of an individual’s life (Health, Family, Friends, Career, Security, Love, Finances etc) which ultimately brings about Peace of Mind”.
As we all know, success is not a destination, it is not even a journey. I believe that Success is a full time Job. I think it is an occupation because, just like we engage in out nine to five day jobs that bring us the financial resources, Success is WORK. And unfortunately, there are NO working hours and there is NO weekend. We do NOT get paid overtime because there is NO set TIME. We don’t get holidays because we don’t have a calendar. But here is the good part of this Job… there is no Boss! Well there is NO boss that we have to report to at least. You can call it a sole proprietorship. You basically work around the clock, for yourself. So, if this is the case, if are supposed to be working every time, all the time at success then I believe that is it of the utmost importance that we enjoy it. Because we all know that doing a ‘job’ that you do not enjoy doing is the surest way to get fired. This is where Passion comes in. I have been told so many times by so many people that ‘Passion’ is good for the lucky few who have already found it. That while it is only a select few who are lucky enough to actually work at what they are passionate about, the rest of us have to actually be doing whatever it is that comes our way, that things are always going to be hard for us because we will not be doing what we love, and that this is OK. I have struggled all my life because I did not believe this. Because I believed that Passion is everything, that without passion there is no motivation, there is no reason, there is no drive and most importantly without passion there is no love. And where there is no love…there is nothing.
This Passion has to be a PART of everything we DO for it is at the HEART of everything that we ARE. If there is no passion towards the most important and intimate areas in your life, to be healthy, to engage in our nine to five occupation, to indulge in our family and friends, if there is no passion to wake up every morning and smell the fresh air and hear the birds sing, if this is not Sustained day in and day out, when the going is tough as well as when it is smooth, when you are weak as well as when you are strong, when you are kicked as well as when you are kissed ,you lose Equilibrium.
“Success is a sustained equilibrium of the most intimate areas of an individual’s life (Health, Family, Friends, Career, Security, Love, Finances etc) which ultimately brings about Peace of Mind”
Of course we are all too familiar with the ‘easier said than done’ scenario and this one is a no brainer. Life is so complicated and complex for us in this day in age. Gone are the days that we were content with what we had and strived not for things that we actually had no earthly need for. Today, if we do not strive…whether we actually need it or not, we are failures. Failure is the opposite of Success, if success is Full time employment, then Failure is full time unemployment. If Passion is what fuels Success then the total absence of Passion is what fuels Failure. It’s not rocket science really, just need to know what to light in order to keep the fire burning.
So Success is a full time job that is motivated by passion and keeping at it will result in most of the areas of your life that are important to you function smoothly for sustained periods of time and which will bring about Peace of Mind. This sounds rather passive I know. But this is what I believe. As much as we want it, we can NOT strive towards Peace of Mind. All we can do is work hard every waking minute of our lives at finding passion in and sustaining balance within the things that matter most to us. The more successful we are at this task, the more likely that we will be able to experience Peace of Mind. It is all a process. Everything in this world is connected. We just don’t see beyond the wiring and the networks that concern us or the circuits that we belong to. As long as the bulb outside is burning we are happy, totally oblivious to the fire inside that is far more powerful, enlightening and comforting.
May you and I be blessed with the courage to dim the bulb outside a little bit but not knock it off, for it lets people know that we are at home, and the knowledge and insight to light the fire inside so that we can keep everyone warm and safe.
Words unspoken
Are my only token
Proof of a burning desire
Along with the eager heart, they conspire
These day dreams I’ve had
Are making me realize that I may be just a tad bit sad
I see you smile; I know it’s not for me
I keep staring for a while; Wondering how it might be
Eyes that talk like scripture
A smile that will cause the infamous rapture
I wish I could do justice to this mental picture
May be I will…
After I’ve downed this intoxicating mixture…
So many times,
I’ve picked up your calls
In the middle of the night; knowing that the Time was not Right
When you were Sad, not too glad or just been plain old Bad
I listened…
When your Heart was Broken
Through all the Tears and the Words Unspoken
So how are YOU… I hear you say
I feel like shit and like someones pushing a dagger through my heart
Those words…you’ll never hear ME say
Everything is gonna be okay… there’s just no other way
Scrolling down my contact list… I stop at S…
I dial a very familiar number…it’s a very Old Friend…
Her name is Solitude…
It don’t matter If I can’t find that Folder, Or if I become just a pen Holder.
It don’t matter if we are Older, and she thinks of me no more Bolder.
It don’t matter that when the nights got Colder, I never really Told her.
It don’t matter that I was no Moulder, or that I’ll never really Hold her.
All that matters, in this Crazy Ass World. ..
Is that no matter what…
I’ve always got my Sunshine On My Shoulder 🙂
Sunrise by Norah Jones
It’s a lovely slow song that sets the mood for a nice cup of Coffee in the morning, on your way to work, school or just start the day.
Bubbly by Colbie Cailat
Such a soothing and happy song. Makes you Smile every single time you hear it and it doesn’t really matter what time of the day it is.
You & Me by Lifehouse
A slow rock love song that is not corny and has great depth and feeling in it. The vocals are insane and adds to the intensity of the lyrics and music.
God Bless the Broken Road by Rascall Flatts
A nice and easy tune with great vocals. Again, great lyrics and easy on the ears and heart.
I stare out my window
Not knowing what to expect
Which River to Row,
Which way the wind will blow,
And if I will ever know
My fingers still tremble
My heart’s in Shambles
The aftermath of a little War Zone
Is what all this resembles
Some Wars Kill
Most wars make everyone Ill
But not this War, Oh No
This War was just a question of Free Will…
A hundred thousand thoughts running through my head,
But I am just half a sleep on my unforgiving bed,
To go or not to go; that was not even a question,
If I don’t go, THEY will Kill me!
IF I go, I will Kill me!
Ok, so it’s like just another one of those late Saturday nights. I’ve had a long and tiring week at work and just wanted to unwind and relax. So what do I do, take my laptop out and start preparing for the big presentation on Monday. It’s about 2330Hrs now (for all you losers who don’t understand the 24Hour time format, that’s 11:30pm). I am fully engrossed in trying to formulate a respectable approach to the presentation and a flow as I have somehow managed to come up with a pretty decent ending up to now. I hit one of those ‘flow’ moments and end up typing something which I might be able to fine tune and use.
All of a sudden I stop writing and take my eyes off the screen for a moment when I notice that there is this Green Colored grasshopper (so I thought) sitting on the narrow ledge of my laptop screen. (upon doing some instant research on Grasshoppers on the internet I found that actually this Green Colored GH is not actually a Grasshopper but a Cricket!!! Apparently Grasshoppers are usually Yellow or Brown) But I want it to be a GH so I shall continue to refer to this Cricket (who is a completely different species to the Grasshopper) as GH. So, I am fascinated firstly at the fact that it is so comfortable on the ledge with it’s 6 or something hands and legs and the fact that it was not disturbed by all the typing I was doing. Also I was wondering how on earth it got there without my noticing it.
In the midst of all this I also (out of the Blue) remember a friend and immediately send her a text message telling her about GH. I then remembered the amazing benefit of technology that I had at my disposal and started taking all sorts of picture of GH with the camera on my phone. I took quite a number of pics of the GH and then managed to get a few with me posing along with the GH. This was quite ironic as it was the big iifa awards night and there while there were so many people queuing up to pose and take picture with the Bollywood stars, here I was posing with a Grasshopper. (oh speaking of stars and Hoppers, I just read today that Dennis Hopper has passed away :o( Another great artist gone forever). Anyways I did my best not to make the GH aware of my predicament and made it look like I was the star and it was actually the GH who wanted to pose and take pictures with me. Anyways, after the photo shoot, I continued to observe this little green creature and realized that it was not just green and that it had Orange or light Brown on it’s feet and the top of it’s head too. And despite all the commotion that I was creating while taking all these pics the GH just remained there motionless and I think it actually fell asleep there as well. it’s a good thing none of my Cats had visited me at this time. Usually the craziest of my 3 Cats jumps on top of my table, walks all over the keyboard and keeps staring at the screen as it if advise me on what I am doing wrong and what might sound better. And if he saw Mr.GH sitting pretty on the laptop, he would definitely not hesitate to take the Hop outta’ the poor Green bastard. Thankfully, there were no feline in sight and the GH was safe to sit there as long as it liked. It even made a slight sound just now which actually convinced me that this was a Cricket. You know it was just a half a second of that ear piercing sound that Crickets make. It was a good thing that it refrained from continuing this expression of its ideas, because if it continued, I just might have eaten the bloody thing my self!!!
Invictusrilankan | Thushan Jayaratne 