‘Life is once’.

I am approaching my mid-life. Most of you who are reading this are approaching it as well. The questions that keep popping in my mind is- Are we happy? Are we satisfied with whatever we have done so far? I am not. I am struggling. I don’t know when while solving the ‘real world problems’, I lost the the audacity to ‘save the world’. And the story is same for all of us. Slowly, being satisfied with less becomes okay. With past failures and present-day challenges, the future becomes too audacious a subject. Slowly, the notion of ‘being great’ takes a toss and ‘happily settled’ becomes okay. But since ‘life is once’, I am not okay with just being okay.

I have figured out that the reason for my mediocrity has been the fear that has been lurking inside me. I have always been fearful. Of being singled out. Of being wrong. Of entering an altercation. Too shy to take the center-stage. Too timid to stand up for my ideas.

And this has to stop. For improving my life this is necessary. And for this, I am making a change.

I am promising myself.

“Since life is for once, and I don’t want to be just another guy who came into the world and went by without making a significant dent, I won’t stop myself because of my fears’

I won’t stop myself from the fear of being judged. What the hell are those clumsy people who pass judgments doing anyway? I won’t stop myself from the fear of being ridiculed because I am doing it for myself and not for anybody else. I won’t fall into the temptation of falling for mediocrity because some stat says that only a few can make it big or some idiots don’t believe in my ideas. I won’t fear failure. And God willing failure will never happen.(Remember no failures, only leanings?).

Let’s accept for once and all, we can make it big into anything we are doing if we are one hundred percent committed to it. Just that it has to be an organic process. You know it right from the beginning what you want. Don’t let the poor statistics and incompetent advice of the world affect your judgment of yourself. You always know it. You always knew it. It’s just that how much you believed in it. Ignore the cynics and follow your madness. People who really make it big in their life aren’t just blessed. They just firmly believe in what they know. And willing to risk their life for it. That’s it. That’s the fucking secret.

So let’s just stick to the basics. Know what you want. And do what you know. Things will fall into place.

The End