Greetings,
Right now, somebody sent me an inspirational and emotional email about PIL i.e. purpose in life of every human being. So, I just thought of bringing another perspective of it.
Remember.....when we were kids..each of us wanted to be "someone". Pilot/ Doctor/ Engineer and the list goes on. It needs a beggar's description to say that our parents/relaties/teachers had great influence over that choice. Slowly in the teens age, our priorities change..we started knowing ourselves and re-thought what we wanted to be. Now, the choice was different than earlier one because we could think of more options now. Doctor/ Painter/ Musician/ Journalist and some still stuck to become what they had originally thought off. Just after teens age, many realize that the world wouldn't allow us to do what we want. So, we choose what's liked by and acceptable in society. At that point, we just buried our *FIRST" choice. Maybe, that was our PIL.
Slowly, we got into the daily grind and some hard-life priorities hit our life. Somehow, "making money and performing daily chores" becomes one purpose for the MOST, who actually form the major chunk of our society. In the business, we lose our inner voice (maybe PIL again) and just goes on to do whatever is happening. We don't choose for ourselves, others do. Some people will still crave for what they really want to do. Out of these, some get successful and will be labelled as "celebrities" one way or the other. Rest will be labelled as "fools" by our saint society.
But if you get free time and you sit alone, something must encroach your mind and heart ---- "What am I doing? Where am I heading to? Is this what I wanted to do? Is this what's called as living a life?." But, this is what life is. Life is full of choices. Even if you choose not to make a chocie, you are still choosing.
By the way, in the larger context of life, nothing really matters. so chill out :-)
~ Navjot Singh Sohanpal
Right now, somebody sent me an inspirational and emotional email about PIL i.e. purpose in life of every human being. So, I just thought of bringing another perspective of it.
Remember.....when we were kids..each of us wanted to be "someone". Pilot/ Doctor/ Engineer and the list goes on. It needs a beggar's description to say that our parents/relaties/teachers had great influence over that choice. Slowly in the teens age, our priorities change..we started knowing ourselves and re-thought what we wanted to be. Now, the choice was different than earlier one because we could think of more options now. Doctor/ Painter/ Musician/ Journalist and some still stuck to become what they had originally thought off. Just after teens age, many realize that the world wouldn't allow us to do what we want. So, we choose what's liked by and acceptable in society. At that point, we just buried our *FIRST" choice. Maybe, that was our PIL.
Slowly, we got into the daily grind and some hard-life priorities hit our life. Somehow, "making money and performing daily chores" becomes one purpose for the MOST, who actually form the major chunk of our society. In the business, we lose our inner voice (maybe PIL again) and just goes on to do whatever is happening. We don't choose for ourselves, others do. Some people will still crave for what they really want to do. Out of these, some get successful and will be labelled as "celebrities" one way or the other. Rest will be labelled as "fools" by our saint society.
But if you get free time and you sit alone, something must encroach your mind and heart ---- "What am I doing? Where am I heading to? Is this what I wanted to do? Is this what's called as living a life?." But, this is what life is. Life is full of choices. Even if you choose not to make a chocie, you are still choosing.
By the way, in the larger context of life, nothing really matters. so chill out :-)
~ Navjot Singh Sohanpal
