“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are!” Paulo Coelho
Becoming who I am is a lifelong mission. The world looks at an individual through different eyes. But do we have to look at the world in what makes us unique? Becoming who I am will look like a lot of rubbish in the eyes of the world if I fail to make money and name… because that’s what defines an individual in today’s social circle. One observation I have about people is their affiliation with clubs, groups, and even social movements, which tends to diminish their unique individuality the most.
There are times when we have to build our dreams all by our own hands, by our imagination and our strength. It may involve relocation, reformatting, or a renewal of our beliefs and value systems. We might have to do it simply because “it no longer fits” our present-day journey. A deep voice within us, constantly echoing our passion and vision, will tell us of our vocation here on earth. I love listening to that voice all the time.
The first time I read the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling, it resonated within me an invitation to adopt a stoic attitude towards many of today’s social beliefs. “If” left in me a profound challenge. I got it written on a wooden board and hung it on a visible wall at home. I like that poem for its strong voice of aloofness and individuality. “Come what may… keep going, my son”, Kipling tells his boy. The main message is not to get caught in emotions and be carried away by the contemporary flow of the world.
Someone said, “It takes courage to answer a call”. True, it takes a lot of courage to embark on our own journey and pedal through it all the while.
If we can live a life not to convince anyone and not to be in an ego trap, …. if we can fail to fall victim to a social belief or to a world that looks to overtake us, then we can pedal our wheels of freedom, to pedal, aiming for the golden sunset of our journey called life.
Still, it takes courage to be what we are.
Keep going ...
