Thursday, July 08, 2010

Try for the best , expect the worst

Everywhere I have been reading that always expect the best results for your efforts and the best will happen , but for me this is only good for books and not for practical life . Afterall , life is not a fairy tale that what you expect and you will get it . In my personal opinion we should always mentally prepare always for the worst result .
One of my friends use to say "umeed nahi rakhni chayiye , umeedain tootti hain to bahut dukh hota hain." and I totally agree with him .
As Lord Krishna used to say in Geeta " Work but do not have the desire for fruits . "
Many will say that the only motivating factor for them to work is the successful result , Guys believe me I am no different from you. We all work only to acheive the proper result , what I mean to say that we should prepare ourself mentally that even if the things do not turn out as we have expected , it should not demotivate our spirit.
I have personally noted many times that my friends used to work very hard but if they do not get the desired results , then they becomes very upset and for some days live a life in a manner that the world has come to an end for them.
In the novels "the secret , as a man thinketh , think and grow rich " , everywhere they say that always expect the best results for your outcome , and then they give some motivational quotes about failure like "Failures are stepping stones to success " , " The more you fails , the more successful you becomes " , etc , etc.
But I have not understood one thing that why are you asking person to feel motivated in the beginning then if things turn out wrongly , then give him lectures about failures and other when he might not be mentally prepared to take it because he has become very disappointed .
In my view , it is better to expect the worst so that even if something wrong happens , your spirits are still on a high . If things turn out as expected then It is very good for you , if not then also nothing bad happens .
That is why I always use to say that "Try for the best and expect the worst."

Monday, June 28, 2010

Development

Today , development is a buzzing word , eveywhere it is very common to hear that we are developing at a pace unprecedented in the history, etc, etc.
but Are we really ?? What is the real development ?? What is the aim of development ??
In my view , the development is nothing more than making the life on earth more convenient for those who lives on it , but is it really happening ?? It needs a very careful and detailed analysis and I will like to give my views on various aspects .
As everthing has pros and cons , so is the development , thus we need to have a cost-benefit analysis of it ,  by cost I mean to refer to not only refer to economic costs , but also to social , environmental and other costs , etc.
For example , take Computers : today , it has really made our life easier , although it has some disadvantages like it weakens the eye but all of it are negligible as compared to its benefits , so in my view computer simulates development .
But on thye other hand , take progress in nuclear field , with every passing day , the threats to human life are continuously increaing . Although the supporters say that it will provide a lot of energy , but if we carefully analyze it then we will find out that the problem of nuclear wastes disposal , nuclear power plants are a great threat for us , and afterall Human life should not be compromised at any cost. Thus , Nuclear energy has more pros than cons , so we need to have another look at it . 
The most concerning thing for me with development is the degradation of Human Values , With every passing day there is continuous gap widening between the rich and poor and the struggle for survival is becoming tougher. If we compare the conditions of people living in the developed and under developed parts of the world then we will find out that there is a great difference , one side is on sky and other is below the ground . 
This Dual economy is of no good at all. Today we have become so skeptic of others that before helping them we are thinking twice ; parents being thrown out of house by children , increasing number of divorces , more killing in everyday clearly reflects that feeling of love and sympathy among human beings is slowly and slowly vanishing into thin air . Today more than 50% of the world money is spent on defence , just imagine if that money is spent on the welfare , then out own earth would be a Heaven .
Thus it is my humble request to developed nations and educated persons that it is our responsibility to make the world a better place to live in because You are the Ones that actually dominates the development . Help the other nations so that There is no more dual economy and please focus on other aspects of development rather than strengthening of your defence . The world needs your support.