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What’s stopping?

Learning is a tough act! Doctors advice a patient post triple artery  CABG that it is normal to have such a surgery and all he has to do is – “slow down” to be healthy for rest of his life! But what is “slowing down?” – not an easy one to understand and institutionalize!

One doctor explained – accept half the load as before and take double the time to complete – never compromise on quality but it is fine to reduce the quantity. If one continues to follow the advice, naturally the system will slow down and achieve the new level of tolerance – good enough to ensure similar quality of life as before!

But is this good enough for this world where  the speed god rules? Yes, says the parable:

The animals met in assembly and began to complain that humans were always taking things away from them.

“They take my milk,” said the cow. “They take my eggs,” said the hen. “They take my flesh for bacon,” said the hog. “They take me for my oil,” said the whale.

The snail was the last to speak. “I have something they would certainly take away from me if they could. Something they want more than anything else. I have time!”

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Wonder what’s stopping us….from having all the time in the world..?

I guess we have it but, are not giving it to ourselves… wonder what’s stopping us?

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Dropping the ball!

Mistakes are never welcome! Dropping the ball is considered crime! But often times there are situations in life where we are convinced that the current pursuit is wrong and at the same time, fail to convince the crowd on the same. In such a case, will you carry the baton in the spirit of team play, or drop it and face the consequence? This is a true test of character.

Dropping the ball is other’s interpretation of your action in the proclaimed frame of reference – even though it’s your conscious act! Positive mistakes such as this are not easy to make. Requires a lot of courage and belief on the power of purpose!

Great dreamer doers in the crowd like Gandhiji / Nelson Mandela have shown the power of positive mistakes – that have stood the test of time than any other monument! Every organization/community will have a few such heroes who dare dropping the ball in pursuit of their purpose of life!

It’s worth making positive mistakes even if it amounts to dropping the ball – occasionally? A sign of freedom! As Gandhiji put it:

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes!”

Every journey needs a start. Most of visionary journeys start with an external influence – internalized! – like our friend here:     

A crow once flew into the sky with a piece of meat in its bleak. Twenty other crows set out in hot pursuit and began to attack it viciously.

When the crow finally dropped the meat, its pursuers left it alone and flew off shrieking after the morsel.Okyo_Crows[1]

Said the crow: “I’ve lost the meat and gained this peaceful sky.”

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When is the last time you exercised freedom to make a positive mistake even though it amounted to dropping the ball?

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