HELLO, WHERE ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR THE KEY?
Pic.: Amrta Jeurkar
I have
been getting this Forward – a very relevant confession of Rahul Dravid –
repeatedly for some time:
“I
was poor at Maths; so, I chose Commerce.
In
my second year of B’Com, I decided to do C.A.
in
case cricked did not work out.
After
opening the first text, I doubled my efforts in cricket!”
The interesting thing about this message is, that it is
mostly forwarded by students!
This morning, when I received it, I saw the names of a
couple of my students… and, immediately, my face lit up with a smile. These
were the kids, who had been hearing the same message from me for close to two
years. “There are only two ways to feel happy and successful in life,” I would,
repeatedly remind them, “Do what you love. If you can’t, then, love what you
do.”
Well, you know, that I did not author those words. For thousands
of years, wise-men have been reminding all of us about it… That, it is
important to find what we love to do in life, and go about doing it. They have
been, also, reminding us, that, sometimes, circumstances may compel us to do
what we do not love. In such case – and, if our mental well-being is really dear
to us – it is sensible, that we learn to love what we do. It is the master-key
to our mental well-being. The early we get hold of this key, the longer we
would relish this feeling.
I am glad, many – including some of my students – got it straight
from their idol, Rahul Dravid.
Incidentally,
my dear friend, Anuraag had another message to share, today. This message, attributed
to Simon Sinek, too, chronicled the same truth:
“Working
hard for something we don’t care about is called stress….
Working
hard for something we love is called passion.”
Such a huge mountain is made out of this simple thing
called our happiness and success in life… Yes, people are moving mountains and
churning oceans to find the key… while, all along, that key – the master-key, indeed
– lies right under our nose…
I am still smiling!
GERALD D’CUNHA
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