Life is a great teacher of the art of surviving. When we reach a stage in life having survived through good and bad, we learn compliance. It is this trust in the course of events that finally carries us to a destination is what we learn as we move in life.
Youth is packed with a lot of energy. This stage makes us set goals, pursue that with vigor and up until we get things realized the zeal keeps us sustained. This is the positive side of youth, and that’s the reason why the whole world evolves. However, there’s also a negative aspect of this huge power that youth behold. There’s a tendency to believe that result of hard work and perseverance is always positive. Life teaches the opposite with senescence. The set destination, hard work and perseverance are not the only variables for success in life. There are many unseen constants that come to play as we move on.
The ability to believe that not everything that’s happening is within my bandwidth of control is something life makes us learn with living.
We read, we watch, we listen to information and we tend to believe we are equipped to face circumstances. The reality is far from this. Unless, we’ve stumbled, fallen and trembled with uncertainties we never imbibe the skill to believe that everything in life evolves.
The greatest truth that age teaches is nothing is permanent.
Our views, likes, dislikes and notions are all a product of our circumstances. As situations change, and we encounter realities we soak into beliefs which may be radically opposite to what we thought. These are the teachings of living.
Unless, you’ve lived the life of a farmer you can never comment about the soil or the seed.
Books teach us what situations are usually like. But life teaches us the infinite variations of reality. Maturity makes us resilient, patient and optimistic.
Having lived till this day for over six decades of journey, what I want to give back to the younger generations is the ability to nurture calmness. Nothing in life remains unaffected with time. Our failures, victories, insecurities and power, everything is bound by time. All we can master is the patience to hold on through the lows and humility to soak in the highs.