Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.
One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It's ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.
"Don't be serious, be sincere." !
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Young! India
I am copying this mail from Young India Initiatives:
Hello All,
Today we have about 47% of our population is under age 30-35. Country having such a big population under age 30 … imagine the potential! But the fact is altogether opposite. Our country is being managed or mismanaged not by this youth population.
As per biological terms, we may be able to define the “youth”. But then does that definition make any sense for us or for community or for country? What makes you feel proud to have about half of population as youth when most of them have no aim in life? If they believe eating junks, drinking complete bottles, puffing life in smoke and then riding the bikes and attending clubs and discos is what the power of youth … I feel terribly sorry for you and for myself and my country. What makes you think and believe … these youth are blessings for us? Do you still believe nothing is going wrong?
Potential power which we believe we have in India in form of this youth population is like nuclear power. And the currently designated leaders who may not have skills to manage themselves are misusing this nuclear power. This youth power is being wasted for no reason. And we are responsible for this. This youth population needs direction, needs able guidance from people like you who are ready to take this responsibility and are truly proud to be part of this country. People like you are most wanted who believe that time has come when we need to clean our country and remove all those pests who are ruining the roots. These youth can make wonders & will make this land pride provided you take responsibility.
A simple question to you – if you have a child then what will you do if your child is getting trained under wrong hands? Don’t you see this wrong training or wrong lessons for your child today will spoil his tomorrow as well as yours? If this makes you think at least once, I will congratulate myself. Aren’t these youths the children of this country whom we should teach or at-least make them aware what’s wrong and what’s right? Believe me, if this is not initiated today … tomorrow will never come.
I always wanted to ask few things to these youth of today – Why do you believe you should be called “Youth” or “the power of country”? What makes you powerful? Do you believe your action and your thinking work in coordination? Why do you think eating pan masala or gutaka is an essence of life? Why smoking cigarette is always a style? Why riding bikes and violating traffic rules is part of adventure? Why always follow a leader who inspires you to do illegal and antisocial activities? Why do you indulge yourselves into the act of damaging the public property for no reason and then getting locked in jail … All these just for few hundreds? Do you believe … your life is just worth of that? Why don’t you understand you are being misguided and misused? How can you believe someone who neither cares for you nor your people nor your country? Why you cannot trust yourself and your instincts? Mother Nature has put our brain in top most position and that is clear indication – use brain before using your mouth to speak out, before taking it to heart and feel emotional, before raising your hands to take action and before you take steps to follow someone.
What is the point in celebrating the birthdays of those great people by putting huge loud speakers with nonsense songs and putting complete traffic jam for no reason? Shouldn’t we be learning from deeds of these great people and taking the work done by them to next level? Have you ever thought what your parents feel when they see you in such pity condition? Ask them at-least once what they dreamt when you were about to come into this wonderful world. I bet you cannot answer even a single question of mine. And I am 100% sure that you never even thought about it. Not because you were not aware of these … but because you cannot face your soul. You are losing faith in yourself and also the self control. But what happens when you lose the self respect? That’s the end of world for you … moral world … if not the physical one. And that’s not too far.
Please do circulate to others and let's first spread awareness (for sure atleast one indian youth).
Yours truly,
Young! India (“Y! I” should be read as “Why Not I?”).
YoungIndia2014@yahoo.in, YoungIndia2014@gmail.com, YoungIndia2014@hotmail.com
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