Growth
Published by Mysorean on Monday, April 17, 2006 at 7:11:00 am.
So, we have lived according to what the society has said so far. I guess that is clear. We studied school from 1st to 12th std. Then did some kind of a under-graduation and so on and so forth. Why? Well, because everyone was doing it we also did it. Anyway, let's not get caught with that question. Let's ask some other, different, questions this time round.
When I was in my 1st std I was a person A. When I was in my 2nd std I had become a person B. The difference between A & B might not be much. But think of this: the difference between the person I was when I was in my tenth standard and the person I was during my undergraduation was immense. Where was this difference? In Character? In Personality? In Emotional maturity? In Intelligence? Or in a combination of all these and much more?
Let's call this "difference" as "growth" as it is commonly named by the society. This growth is definitely a positive aspect of our lives. By moving from following one rule set by the society to the other rule, my growth has also happened. This growth to an extent has happened by limiting myself to the rules of the society. Is it possible that the growth can be more in case I followed some rules set on my own?
Whatever is the quantum of growth, by following the society's rules, the performance of this growth is measured with money. Where does this growth take us finally? I die a wealthy man? A very wealthy man? Ok, forget the money aspect, will a die as a man having many good relationships? Will I be remembered as a very nice man at heart? [Come to think of it, who isn't a nice man at heart?!] So what is this growth we are all attaining? Every day, every moment, we are growing. So, what are we growing towards?
If I consider the yardsticks with which society measures my growth then I will always be unhappy. There will always be something that's lacking. And I will be running behind whatever's lacking. Finally, when I am gone, I neither wouldn't have touched the finish line of the race [because something is always lacking] nor would I be a happy man. What's the use?!
When I was in my 1st std I was a person A. When I was in my 2nd std I had become a person B. The difference between A & B might not be much. But think of this: the difference between the person I was when I was in my tenth standard and the person I was during my undergraduation was immense. Where was this difference? In Character? In Personality? In Emotional maturity? In Intelligence? Or in a combination of all these and much more?
Let's call this "difference" as "growth" as it is commonly named by the society. This growth is definitely a positive aspect of our lives. By moving from following one rule set by the society to the other rule, my growth has also happened. This growth to an extent has happened by limiting myself to the rules of the society. Is it possible that the growth can be more in case I followed some rules set on my own?
Whatever is the quantum of growth, by following the society's rules, the performance of this growth is measured with money. Where does this growth take us finally? I die a wealthy man? A very wealthy man? Ok, forget the money aspect, will a die as a man having many good relationships? Will I be remembered as a very nice man at heart? [Come to think of it, who isn't a nice man at heart?!] So what is this growth we are all attaining? Every day, every moment, we are growing. So, what are we growing towards?
If I consider the yardsticks with which society measures my growth then I will always be unhappy. There will always be something that's lacking. And I will be running behind whatever's lacking. Finally, when I am gone, I neither wouldn't have touched the finish line of the race [because something is always lacking] nor would I be a happy man. What's the use?!
