There is a small fountain in my work place which I will go through many times in a day… I always take time to peep in to the mini pond like thingy around that fountain… Therz a couple of gold fishes and a turtle in that…
As a person not prone to much of a Turtle viewing, I admired with that turtle sight…. My philosophical brain triggered me to write this post… that turle always swims along the walls of that pond looking for a way to get out of that place…. Poor thing… with only 5 senses, it is not aware that therz no way out of this mini world of him… however it keeps swimming from one end to the other end hoping to get out…. When the chaps transfer him to some other place, it feels happy (thaz how I interpret) for the initial few periods and get back to the same search-for-way-out…
Compared this to the typical life of a software enggr…. We keep worried about current projects with factors like no recognition, less pay, no onsites, poor work environment and stuffs… once switched the project, again expectation multiplies and again search happens… when moved to new company again the initial period will keep you good… later the same thing happens…. When moved to new country and get in to new job, again it will refresh all your worry factor variables to 0 … later the search continues…
Apparently, what keeps you alive is the initial period which makes you happy to live… the human intelligence lies in finding the suitable shift where this initial period is quite long…. I remember one good old movie where south Indian james bond, Jaisankar mentioned “vazhkai oru thedum padalam” (life is a big board of searching spree) where ppl keep searching for their future….
Pretty ironic to see any human being happy with current life… so, rather trying to convince yourself, keep searching for that place where you have good long initial period you can enjoy and once u are done, start the new search…. This is probably the use of 6th sense and make the complete use of it to keep life exciting one :)
-- Swamy 'Aravindh'aanantha ;)
As a person not prone to much of a Turtle viewing, I admired with that turtle sight…. My philosophical brain triggered me to write this post… that turle always swims along the walls of that pond looking for a way to get out of that place…. Poor thing… with only 5 senses, it is not aware that therz no way out of this mini world of him… however it keeps swimming from one end to the other end hoping to get out…. When the chaps transfer him to some other place, it feels happy (thaz how I interpret) for the initial few periods and get back to the same search-for-way-out…
Compared this to the typical life of a software enggr…. We keep worried about current projects with factors like no recognition, less pay, no onsites, poor work environment and stuffs… once switched the project, again expectation multiplies and again search happens… when moved to new company again the initial period will keep you good… later the same thing happens…. When moved to new country and get in to new job, again it will refresh all your worry factor variables to 0 … later the search continues…
Apparently, what keeps you alive is the initial period which makes you happy to live… the human intelligence lies in finding the suitable shift where this initial period is quite long…. I remember one good old movie where south Indian james bond, Jaisankar mentioned “vazhkai oru thedum padalam” (life is a big board of searching spree) where ppl keep searching for their future….
Pretty ironic to see any human being happy with current life… so, rather trying to convince yourself, keep searching for that place where you have good long initial period you can enjoy and once u are done, start the new search…. This is probably the use of 6th sense and make the complete use of it to keep life exciting one :)
-- Swamy 'Aravindh'aanantha ;)
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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. - Robert M. Pirsig
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