Routine. This is one word that we all associate with boredom, stagnancy. I feel this is true to some extent. Routine may make life more predictable, enable you to plan for your retirement, get an insurance plan, increase your savings account balance....blah! The list is pretty long.
But can routine give you peace of mind? Or a sense of accomplishment? Some of you might answer in the affirmative. Only I beg to disagree. Sure, we cannot live a nomadic life and enjoy the luxuries, comforts of our cities. But I believe that routine could limit your achievements, your potential if you adhere to it blindly. We should be constantly or atleast periodically look at those factors which bottleneck our creative faculties. These could be anything - an uninteresting job, a relationship thats not working, or plain lethargy.
Yes, that would mean taking risks and giving up on comforts but that would also make you feel all the more alive. Someone who takes risks and loses is always wiser/ more satisfied than the one who does not leave his own boundaries.
Just as still water starts to smell foul, to be successful you have to keep moving. So maybe getting that big boring job or staying in the same situation will not help u achieve your life's purpose. I think the day we accept our problems as bigger than our will or believe that stagnacy is part of our lives - I.e. the day we succumb to routine for good, is the day we die - in the sense of capabilities, new possibilities. Then all we have got are these two words - "what if...".
2 comments:
Well Said... Life is a time bound journey and being stagnant is an illusion to some extent...!!!
don't u think we drive our lives to some direction or the other... up hill or a down fall... n its never stagnant...!!!
But then moving out of routine whot if the heart stops functioning its routine stuff... we'll all be stagnant then...!!!
They rightly say that well balances contrasts make a magical picture...!!! :)
True. Agree certain part of routine is a necessity. But we need a re-positioning or adjustment to get to our goals. Failures are better than regrets. And it is the monotony of responsibility...family.....Of earning a living that we blame for not realising our true calling. Routine is effective unless you succumb to it. Unless you have no space for the little joys, for nature, for introspection. Ultimately as u mentioned.... It's a blend of both routine and verve....A very subjective blend -different for different people that works!
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