Dear Mr. Abhinav Bhindra,
Thank you , you have truly made me proud..... and I'm sure that when I speak about my feelings, I would be one of the echoing crowd that says the same!
The first time I heard it, a tear rolled out of my eyes..... a tear that was composed of every feeling of happiness, pride, glory, grit, determination.
The feeling is truly amazing and I feel myself proud to be one of that country which produces a True Hero like you.
I, and We, hope that your exemplary achievement leads us to some introspect on what can we do for our great nation!
Hats off to you Sir! May the Divine Force be with you always, and lead you to many more moments of glory.
All I can assure you is that me and our fellow countrymen will try and bring glory to our great Motherland in every field that we venture into!
One in a Billion .... Yes! I am an Indian,
Aditya.
Just The Facts.....
This is India's first ever Olympian Gold in an Individual Event and 9th in Total!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Art of Giving Up
Give Up = to surrender, to withdraw, to let go
To: the readers of my blog ..... irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender and, of course, mentalities......
well.....
These are the meanings associated with this phrase. How regularly or infrequently does it happen with you that there's something you want really badly (or 'goodly' even!) What if you don't get it? What if you cannot get it? The easiest solution then is 'to give up'. And then, there's a nicer way to it by covering it up with a cloak of "practicality". "Let's be practical, it is never meant to be, so you might as well give up!" People who have been hearing these kind of (mis)advices will agree with me!
To me, Practicality is a pseudonym given to the word "Compromise". Yes, I do agree, in life you've got to make certain compromises. But there are certain situations wherein, you know you cannot get what you want but still you wouldn't want to give up trying for them!!! Do we still 'celebrate' practicality for them? Practicality works the best in matters of the mind, not of the heart!
I, in the recent past, came across a saying, the ownership of which is anonymous, but still I wouldn't wanna take credit for it. It goes something like.....
"It's hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up knowing that it is the only thing you ever wanted!"
I believe in a philosophy (not so much of a philosophy, but a real life experience...... life's the best teacher!) that every wall has two sides to it. One side has a rosy picture of life to it. Then, a door in the wall leads to the other side of life. This side is dimly lit, one can barely see things around, dingy kind of a feel to it, scary and undiscovered! One cannot just stay on the rosy side forever.... one has to grab hold of the door knob, open the door and walk to the other side of it as well, no matter how hard and scary it is. In this case, one cannot just be "practical" about it and say if I cannot stay on the rosy side forever, I might as well 'give it up'. If you come to look at it, the rosy side can be well termed as the Lies of life that we live in, and the scarier, darker side as the Truth, which life has to offer.
What matters is that when one is through with both the sides, does it change that person? Does it make him/her still want the same things? Or would they rather prefer giving up on what they wanted earlier, because it's a darker scarier Truth?
Yes, I am aware of the fact that things are still the same, and that the thing you want the most still eludes you. But knowing that, would you rather prefer giving it up or still clinging on to a flickering hope of getting it? Take a second to think about this, and answer your inner self with the truth!
To give up on something simply means that you never wanted it enough in the first place!
Think about it.
If Only....
Aditya
P.S.: In case you think what I have written is gibberish, my heartfelt apologies.
To: the readers of my blog ..... irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender and, of course, mentalities......
well.....
These are the meanings associated with this phrase. How regularly or infrequently does it happen with you that there's something you want really badly (or 'goodly' even!) What if you don't get it? What if you cannot get it? The easiest solution then is 'to give up'. And then, there's a nicer way to it by covering it up with a cloak of "practicality". "Let's be practical, it is never meant to be, so you might as well give up!" People who have been hearing these kind of (mis)advices will agree with me!
To me, Practicality is a pseudonym given to the word "Compromise". Yes, I do agree, in life you've got to make certain compromises. But there are certain situations wherein, you know you cannot get what you want but still you wouldn't want to give up trying for them!!! Do we still 'celebrate' practicality for them? Practicality works the best in matters of the mind, not of the heart!
I, in the recent past, came across a saying, the ownership of which is anonymous, but still I wouldn't wanna take credit for it. It goes something like.....
"It's hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up knowing that it is the only thing you ever wanted!"
I believe in a philosophy (not so much of a philosophy, but a real life experience...... life's the best teacher!) that every wall has two sides to it. One side has a rosy picture of life to it. Then, a door in the wall leads to the other side of life. This side is dimly lit, one can barely see things around, dingy kind of a feel to it, scary and undiscovered! One cannot just stay on the rosy side forever.... one has to grab hold of the door knob, open the door and walk to the other side of it as well, no matter how hard and scary it is. In this case, one cannot just be "practical" about it and say if I cannot stay on the rosy side forever, I might as well 'give it up'. If you come to look at it, the rosy side can be well termed as the Lies of life that we live in, and the scarier, darker side as the Truth, which life has to offer.
What matters is that when one is through with both the sides, does it change that person? Does it make him/her still want the same things? Or would they rather prefer giving up on what they wanted earlier, because it's a darker scarier Truth?
Yes, I am aware of the fact that things are still the same, and that the thing you want the most still eludes you. But knowing that, would you rather prefer giving it up or still clinging on to a flickering hope of getting it? Take a second to think about this, and answer your inner self with the truth!
To give up on something simply means that you never wanted it enough in the first place!
Think about it.
If Only....
Aditya
P.S.: In case you think what I have written is gibberish, my heartfelt apologies.
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