Yesterday
I was browsing Facebook as usual when I came across a link, which had a ten
minute talk given by Varun Agarwal (co-founder of Alma Mater and an Author). I plugged
my headphones in and listened to what he had to say for the other ten minutes. And
by the time his talk was over I could reflect on his words. He said when you
think too much you end up analyzing the pros and cons of the specific situation
and most of the times you don’t go for it. But when you don’t think about
something and just jump into the pool of something you want to do, without
giving it a thought what would be the consequences and where that may lead you
to, in those cases you come out with flying colors. You conquer what you never
thought you could.
Hold
on for a minute and just rewind your tape of life. And analyze. Every time you
ended up doing something without thinking, wasn’t it was worth it? And same for
those things which you did after spending a lot of time thinking about it and
also those things which you didn’t even try after thinking too much for it. Life
is too short for those who wanna do something big. If you don’t have big plans
for your life and you just want to live like how everyone else are living then
this will never bother you actually. But if you are a man who has got some
plan, then never ever give up.
More
than 70% of the people in this world don’t really know what they wanna do with
their life. You should be happy that you have realized the fact that you have a
dream. That’s the first and most important step. Once you take the first step,
you know what you really want in life. And then you just have to follow a path.
It’s true the path will be full of obstacles, fate won’t be in your favor,
everyone will try to knock you down but you have to keep on walking. Doesn’t matter
whether the path is full of thorns or flames you just have to walk through it. Face
whatever comes your way, taste the series of failures you will hit on to, tolerate
the pain that will come your way in such a way that after a while you start
loving that pain. And when you succeed in doing so, victory will be yours.
Because
as they say, it’s not about how hard you are hit, it’s about how hard you get
hit but you keep on walking. Life isn’t a bed of roses anyway, whether you
start now, don’t give up on your dream or else do what everyone wants you to do
so that later on in life when you will be at the door of your death you won’t
die in peace because you will have that one regret in life that you couldn’t follow
your dreams. You may end up making loads of money but internal happiness will
never be there. Money is everything but inner peace is something which it can
never buy. There are chances that you may end up losing many people from your
life in the course of living your own dream but when that happens just think
this way that in order to get something in life you always have to pay its
price. It’s not about the courage to walk on that path; it’s about the will to
sacrifice all those precious things from your life which use to hold a great
meaning in your life. You will be always alone when you decide to follow your
dreams and in that journey if someone is there for you then always remember
they are the only ones who really want you to do something.
This
world is made by us. You have to plant your own seed, nurture it well so that
one day it will also give you the fruit for which you have been waiting for. People
give up on their dream in most of the cases and they never knew that they were
just one step behind their dream. If they could have just taken that one big
step then they would have achieved what they always wanted. Most of the time,
people start their journey in the search of their own dream and on their way
they fall in love with someone. And they think they love that person so much
that they can give up on their dream so that they can marry each other. I mean seriously?
You will give up on something so easily. How you can forget those days when all
you use to do was meticulously knit your dream. And after spending so much of
time on something you give up on them and that too for someone who just came
into your life. C’mon this is not how it should be like. People say love is not
everyone’s cup of tea. True that. But let me tell you something. Nothing is
bigger than following your own dream. You need guts you take that path where
you know odds will be against you but you know you will face it. You need will
power to sacrifice those things which everyone will be getting initially and
you will be struggling with your life. You need to be strong, more of mentally
because you may be ditched by many, you may be left alone, you may get isolated
but you have to face it. That’s something which is way bigger than anything in
this life. And if that person really loves you then he/she will never leave
you. Instead they will wait for you, for that day when you will come back after
conquering what you always wanted to conquer. And that day you will have both
things in your life – Money as well as inner peace.
Have
faith and Follow your dreams. Because that’s something which is yours.
