Free your dreams - Part II
Published by Mysorean on Monday, June 20, 2005 at 2:36:00 am.
An excerpt from a reply [Courtesy: Mr. Adinarayanan. V, Coimbatore] I recieved to my post on the blog:
"Dreams are an integral part to a creative and successful life. By dreams, i mean day-dreaming, as children we dream, but as we grow we forget how it is to dream. We will of course indulge in dreams but sadly they are no longer the liberating dreams of our childhood years. We get bogged down managing within the constraints of our self-imposed day-to-day living.
Yet I dont mean to say that we should indulge in childish dreams. When we have walked this earth for a number of years and become mature, yet we retain a childlike innocent quality about ourselves. Without contracting the bitterness that you find in the world of today. That's when life becomes a blessing and you just dont dream but start living your dream. Dreaming more dreams. Beautiful dreams!"
The contradiction seems to set in when we talk about maturity and dreams in the same sentence. Everybody has a dream. Dream of the kind of person we want to be. Dream of the society we want to live in. Dream of the sort of life we want to live. Are all these dreams a potrayal of the future that we are going to see? Or are they just some vague thoughts that you remember because they made you feel so damn good while you were thinking of them? If dreams are not achieved, are you sad that you weren't able to live your dreams?
If we measured success of our lives by the dreams we saw, then the probability of branding ourselves as a failure increases. This is true if we are confident about our potential. There are a few people who are so self-critical (that's their way of living, so be it!) that they are of the opinion "Dream is a crime". They first want to assure themselves they can handle the day-to-day things before going in for those "dreams"!
Dreams, if seen in the true spirit of a dream, offer only a direction to life. Seldom do they assure a destination. By trying to follow our dreams, we are stretching ourselves beyond those boundaries that we never thought was possible. This helps in enhancing the quality of day-to-day life. This is the only place I want to connect dreams with day-to-day life. Lot of replies I recieved to my previous post launched into explanations of how they felt dreams made them sadder because they never achieved them. Trying to achieve your dreams is as fulfilling as the final destination. You meet so many wonderful people and get in and out of so many situations that make you a better person. So, instead of concentrating on whether you achieve your destination or not, make the most of the search to get there. As A R Rahman, the Legendary Indian Musician said, "The search is more important than the destination".
Today, I am working in a company called Novatium. It's a high-technology start-up. 100+ people. It's part of an ambitious vision of a person named Mr. Rajesh Jain, ex-IndiaWorld and MD, Netcore Solutions. I am proud to be a part of this company, not because it pays me obscene amounts as salary and has a gym and a superb canteen and all that. (rather, none of this is true). But because of two reasons:
I have grown as a person and as a professional since joining Novatium. The growth has been immense and surely better than what any other company could have offered. I am still searching for the best way to achieve our vision. The relationships that I have built here will last lifelong.
Our Vision is to take technology to the emerging markets. Whether we succeed or not through Novatium, we are confident of making it one day. The coming generations will live a superior quality of life. If Novatium doesn't succeed then some other idea should. That idea must be a dream again! If not of Rajesh Jain, then maybe of Mr. X. India will be a developed country within the next 25 years!
Finally, we are satisfied we did what we wanted to do. Followed our dream. Rewarded suitably by God either way. I have seen this saying at my school as the thought for the day often, "God helps those who help themselves". I can't but appreciate the person who coined this proverb! Looking at it from the Free your dreams and follow it lens I can tell you how true that is! And to all the people who become sad because they dreamt, did and still are nowhere near realising their dreams, lets remember the quote from Bhagwad Gita: "You shall treat victory and defeat, pleasure and pain, loss and gain similarly. Do your duty without having any desire for its reward. No sin can come to you. Do your work with the evenness of mind".
"Dreams are an integral part to a creative and successful life. By dreams, i mean day-dreaming, as children we dream, but as we grow we forget how it is to dream. We will of course indulge in dreams but sadly they are no longer the liberating dreams of our childhood years. We get bogged down managing within the constraints of our self-imposed day-to-day living.
Yet I dont mean to say that we should indulge in childish dreams. When we have walked this earth for a number of years and become mature, yet we retain a childlike innocent quality about ourselves. Without contracting the bitterness that you find in the world of today. That's when life becomes a blessing and you just dont dream but start living your dream. Dreaming more dreams. Beautiful dreams!"
The contradiction seems to set in when we talk about maturity and dreams in the same sentence. Everybody has a dream. Dream of the kind of person we want to be. Dream of the society we want to live in. Dream of the sort of life we want to live. Are all these dreams a potrayal of the future that we are going to see? Or are they just some vague thoughts that you remember because they made you feel so damn good while you were thinking of them? If dreams are not achieved, are you sad that you weren't able to live your dreams?
If we measured success of our lives by the dreams we saw, then the probability of branding ourselves as a failure increases. This is true if we are confident about our potential. There are a few people who are so self-critical (that's their way of living, so be it!) that they are of the opinion "Dream is a crime". They first want to assure themselves they can handle the day-to-day things before going in for those "dreams"!
Dreams, if seen in the true spirit of a dream, offer only a direction to life. Seldom do they assure a destination. By trying to follow our dreams, we are stretching ourselves beyond those boundaries that we never thought was possible. This helps in enhancing the quality of day-to-day life. This is the only place I want to connect dreams with day-to-day life. Lot of replies I recieved to my previous post launched into explanations of how they felt dreams made them sadder because they never achieved them. Trying to achieve your dreams is as fulfilling as the final destination. You meet so many wonderful people and get in and out of so many situations that make you a better person. So, instead of concentrating on whether you achieve your destination or not, make the most of the search to get there. As A R Rahman, the Legendary Indian Musician said, "The search is more important than the destination".
Today, I am working in a company called Novatium. It's a high-technology start-up. 100+ people. It's part of an ambitious vision of a person named Mr. Rajesh Jain, ex-IndiaWorld and MD, Netcore Solutions. I am proud to be a part of this company, not because it pays me obscene amounts as salary and has a gym and a superb canteen and all that. (rather, none of this is true). But because of two reasons:
- Wonderful people. I believe we can achieve our vision with such people around.
- It is my dream to make India a better place to live in. Novatium's vision gels completely with mine.
I have grown as a person and as a professional since joining Novatium. The growth has been immense and surely better than what any other company could have offered. I am still searching for the best way to achieve our vision. The relationships that I have built here will last lifelong.
Our Vision is to take technology to the emerging markets. Whether we succeed or not through Novatium, we are confident of making it one day. The coming generations will live a superior quality of life. If Novatium doesn't succeed then some other idea should. That idea must be a dream again! If not of Rajesh Jain, then maybe of Mr. X. India will be a developed country within the next 25 years!
Finally, we are satisfied we did what we wanted to do. Followed our dream. Rewarded suitably by God either way. I have seen this saying at my school as the thought for the day often, "God helps those who help themselves". I can't but appreciate the person who coined this proverb! Looking at it from the Free your dreams and follow it lens I can tell you how true that is! And to all the people who become sad because they dreamt, did and still are nowhere near realising their dreams, lets remember the quote from Bhagwad Gita: "You shall treat victory and defeat, pleasure and pain, loss and gain similarly. Do your duty without having any desire for its reward. No sin can come to you. Do your work with the evenness of mind".
