The inspiration to right this blog came from a book I read some time ago, it's called "a fine balance." There have been several occasions when I have sat alone in my room and asked myself "what is a fine balance?" More often than not I have not been able to find an answer to this question.
The fact is that all of us, irrespective of who we are and what we do, try and maintain a fine balance in our lives without even knowing what it actually means. A fine balance should ideally mean a balance of everything in life, be it good or bad, wrong or right, success or failure or anything for that matter. But we often confuse ourselves by thinking that a fine balance can only be achieved when life is just about perfect. Much as I wish this thought was true, it isn't.
We cant achieve a state of equanimity if everything around is beautiful and we have never experienced ugliness, and vice versa. The beauty of a fine balance lies in its completeness, when we experience the pain as well as the pleasure. It cant always be success alone and no failures. If there were no failures, we would never be able to value success. As Emily Dickinson also said,"Success is counted sweetest to those who never succeed." So, what's really important is the effort to achieve the fine balance, take life as it comes, enjoy the moments of love, happiness, triumph and learn from your mistakes and failures and face the heart breaks and in the end emerge as a winner.
I m not just preaching here, but I have all the intentions of practicing what I just wrote. If I succeed I ll let you know and if I don't I ll make sure that I share the experience with everyone, because remember, even the smallest of effort counts.
Just wanna conclude by adding a little note, "Those who have burnt their hearts and souls in the scorching sun, know exactly the value of the moon's serenity."
The fact is that all of us, irrespective of who we are and what we do, try and maintain a fine balance in our lives without even knowing what it actually means. A fine balance should ideally mean a balance of everything in life, be it good or bad, wrong or right, success or failure or anything for that matter. But we often confuse ourselves by thinking that a fine balance can only be achieved when life is just about perfect. Much as I wish this thought was true, it isn't.
We cant achieve a state of equanimity if everything around is beautiful and we have never experienced ugliness, and vice versa. The beauty of a fine balance lies in its completeness, when we experience the pain as well as the pleasure. It cant always be success alone and no failures. If there were no failures, we would never be able to value success. As Emily Dickinson also said,"Success is counted sweetest to those who never succeed." So, what's really important is the effort to achieve the fine balance, take life as it comes, enjoy the moments of love, happiness, triumph and learn from your mistakes and failures and face the heart breaks and in the end emerge as a winner.
I m not just preaching here, but I have all the intentions of practicing what I just wrote. If I succeed I ll let you know and if I don't I ll make sure that I share the experience with everyone, because remember, even the smallest of effort counts.
Just wanna conclude by adding a little note, "Those who have burnt their hearts and souls in the scorching sun, know exactly the value of the moon's serenity."
