I am I
Mirror Mirror on the wall, Who is the prettiest in the world?
Oh! Who has this mirror?
"The people", people who are busy judging every passerby. In our life, at some point of time we too fall in the category of "the people". Isn't it quite absurd that we expect from others to not judge us but we do the same, seldom or often, DOESN'T MATTER, but we do judge. Introspection of oneself is a necessity because if I am unable to judge myself no one else can. The Almighty has gifted every individual diverse qualities and capabilities of fulfilling their own goals which may be even unknown to us. Discovering oneself is the first and should be the primary focus for those who are easily perturbed by other's words. In my opinion, there are three kinds of people, one who overjudge themselves and boast with self-obsession end up being egoist, the second one are those who are oblivion to their strengths but have well-accentuated their weaknesses through the magnifying glasses and are often unable to even present themselves. They are more easily influenced by what other people think but never look into there inner self. The last category is of those people who lie somewhere in middle of these two extremes, they may be neutral or magnetized to one of the two ends.
Oh! Who has this mirror?
"The people", people who are busy judging every passerby. In our life, at some point of time we too fall in the category of "the people". Isn't it quite absurd that we expect from others to not judge us but we do the same, seldom or often, DOESN'T MATTER, but we do judge. Introspection of oneself is a necessity because if I am unable to judge myself no one else can. The Almighty has gifted every individual diverse qualities and capabilities of fulfilling their own goals which may be even unknown to us. Discovering oneself is the first and should be the primary focus for those who are easily perturbed by other's words. In my opinion, there are three kinds of people, one who overjudge themselves and boast with self-obsession end up being egoist, the second one are those who are oblivion to their strengths but have well-accentuated their weaknesses through the magnifying glasses and are often unable to even present themselves. They are more easily influenced by what other people think but never look into there inner self. The last category is of those people who lie somewhere in middle of these two extremes, they may be neutral or magnetized to one of the two ends.
Now decide yourself. In which category do you belong ?
We are familiar with the lines:
Kuchh to log kahenge... Logon ka kaam hai kehna.
Certainly but you have to decide whether what " the people" say is for your well-being, discouragement or to provoke you for something worse.
Read these lines coined by the father of our nation:
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. I refuse to live in other people's houses as an interloper, a beggar or a slave.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
It's human nature to criticise "others" rather than self-introspection. There may be a hundred times when people belittle you but stick to your values like the shell of the turtle. Let other's disparaging words strike the shell and not your conscience. Besides this, do not hesitate to accept your faults and rectify them once you realise it.
We all know that to be successful we have to keep on learning from our mistakes and keep off from doing them deliberately. It's important to be very precise in understanding this. If we will let others thoughts and actions haunt or dominate us we won't win from our fret & fears but if we won't learn then end up in misery, being paranoid or hypocrite.
Do not let others agonize you and never imbibe evil ways of others. Be yourself, as you are, everyone's conscience is pure. We are unique creations of God blessed with eternal love, happiness, values and good fortune in some way or the other, visible or invisible but strong enough to fight with the sham puppets of defeat, fear, frustration, jealousy, sadness, egoism or greed. Change with the need without weakening your strengths.
बैठ जाता हूँ मिट्टी पे अक्सर
क्योंकि मुझे अपनी औकात अच्छी लगती है
मैंने समंदर से सीखा है जीने का सलीक़ा,
चुपचाप से बहना और अपनी मौज में रहना।
मैंने समंदर से सीखा है जीने का सलीक़ा,
चुपचाप से बहना और अपनी मौज में रहना।
- Harivansh Rai Bachhan
These beautiful lines will touch any soul. All the rivers end up mixing with the Ocean and an Ocean itself gives space to every small or big river and ends up being salty and hence special...
It's good to be master of yourself but let others be the catalysts of making you a paragon of quintessential things, moments and deeds and do some good turns to others as well.
'I' can never be 'YOU'. I am I. Even literally also 'I' becomes 'We' and never 'YOU'.
This can make a person to fall in love with themselves . This is so true ,so real,filled with love ,hope , tranquility, believe,faith, divinity and utmost self Introspection.Amazing writing 🙌
ReplyDeleteThank you Pallavi for appreciating!
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