Saturday, May 07, 2005

If we all could just be selfish, not jealous

Here follows the words of wisdom from a philosopher-to-be!!!!!
Feel free to protest through whate'er means you can :D
I have a bad habit of thinking too much when I have not much to do and not at all thinking when the some rational thought ought to be behind some action to be undertaken. Enough about the philosopher, now some on the process of enlightenment.
Of many daily-habits I had to imbibe in school, one was earliest possible visit to BOGS in the morning. If ever you missed it because of the morning hour rush with BOGS:user ratio being as low as 0.2 and all looking forward to optimising his sleep with getting up the last and make a quick trip to BOGS as only one eternal truth prevailed in the wee hours of morning and that was PT mein late na hona, warna pair,ghutna,ankle and what-not bahut dard karega Anyway only 2-3 experiences were enough for me (some people took more painful days though :-), kyon Bhadar(Abhishek Raj)? He is a testimony to that!!!!!!) and I learned it fast. Gone are PTs and frog-jumps but the habit remains. So, to put the habit to good use, I adopted the habit of thinking in this precious time. Take it form my experience, its best time to think. If you dont agree with that, atleast you can take my words that thinking is the best you can do here.
Why Napolean's genius brother Louis could not accept him the way whole world did? Why did I write the mail thus? Am I right in leaving world's 2nd/3rd largest semiconductor company for another smaller one? und so weiter.....
On a similar errand, while thinking about Fountainhead, occurred to me this Would not the whole world turn too good to live in with people retaining their selfish nature but just restraining the jealousy
So, its not asking too much as one is allowed to be selfish ( do we even know how dificult/easy it is to become selfless or how great/disappointing it feels one becoming one???). Just for an example, the way the Ambani siblings are fighting, its wont be surprising if they both lose few billions in near future. But if they stop it all and divide even with one emerging a bit better off, still in the end, both would be better off than if they keep the fight on (Are you two listening to the great prophet??? :D ). Any trade/business can be successfull if the fundamental it is based on is gain for all. Thats why businesses generate wealth, they dont siphon it off from one side to another (in general, you can definitely say so). So, one doesnt expect such behavour from so successfull (ethical? NO comments.) business family as Ambanis whrn they know (i guess so) it very well that this is loss to both but early settlement is gain for both, though not equal but still better than prolonged fight. Reason. Nothing but jealousy. One doesn't want his/her rival to become good/better. No (some, and that too only to yourself) harm thinking/wishing as long as it does not manifest in your action. If your action get influenced by this, you are losing the precious time/means/../.. you might have utilised for your own growth/peace/benefit.

(Now the author is not in mood, as he is not enjoying it much writing this. Sorry to u all)

3 comments:

  1. just one question..wat are BOGS ?

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  2. Couldn't you make out what could BOGS mean on reading this article!!!!!!
    Well its lavatory.

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  3. I guess Neha got confused when you said that thinking was the best you could do there ;-)

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