Half century and a little piece of advice!

Woo-hoo! I managed to hit a half century finally. I never thought I would make it - 50 posts to this blog. It was fun, though. I enjoyed it, except for those rare occasions when it occurs to me I've perhaps the most pathetic readership among all the pages, anywhere on the net. But then, I continued. Here is why...

More than 2 months back I listened to this great piece of audio recorded by Robin Sharma, one of the world's leading gurus on leadership and personal success (I don't remember where I listened to this one, and couldn't find it anywhere in the net). This is what it essentially says - "Who cares to play when nobody is watching you?".

This is his version of the story. Apparently, when he was coming out of one of the hotels he stayed in, to get into a cab, he saw this advertisement by a shoe company. He watched this one for sometime and began developing a whole new idea on this. This line is no doubt quite catchy, and it might've meant (I am not too sure) that nobody, except a block-head, plays when there is nobody to watch. This is indeed what most of us do. Most of us don't feel like doing some thing, unless we get recognized for what we did. Some people call it motivation. I will tell you what happens to me. I am so proud of what I do, that I give my 100% the first time, then wait and watch on the response of the people. Only if things are favorable to me, I will continue the same way; else, I will reduce my 'motivation' level (sometimes, even forcefully) to a lesser value. I bet, this is what most people do. I also, most times, believe that nobody else could've done it to the same perfection, so fast as me...Now, when I see that somebody does it better than me, I get overwhelmed with sorrow, anger (to myself) and a bit of jealousy!

Ok, you might be thinking, what is all this got to do with this blog? Here is what. I just confessed about one of the major 'illnesses' I suffer from. I am aware of this, but often unable to control my emotions during such occasions. Few months back, I really started wondering what direction am I taking in life? Not long afterwards, I listened to this piece of audio, and immediately recognized it to be very similar to what the GITA - one of the greatest Hindu philosophical texts - preached. For those of you who may not know, it says

Karmanyeva Adhikaaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadaachana,
Ma Karmaphala Heturbhurma Te Sangostva Karamani"

Here is the English translation of these Sanskrit verses...

"Seek to perform your duty. But LAY NOT CLAIM to its fruits. Be you NOT the producer of the FRUITS of KARMA; Neither shall you LEAN towards INACTION."

Once upon a time, I used to be extremely proud of our ancient history and philosophical thoughts that preached to the world such great wisdom. But, now I realized that I never practiced what it preached, but just got carried along. Arguably, it is impossible to practice all that the GITA talks about, but I decided to take this particular advice seriously. I adopted this advice and decided to 'live' it through my blog. If the whole thing sounds funny to you, believe me, it doesn't to me, a bit...Of course, I like to write and my style of writing would've exaggerated it a bit, but I mean most of what I told here...

Essentially, this is what. I know that nobody is reading what I post here. I know nobody ever will, except for those those who incidentally happen to be in these pages, by way of Google search. But, I don't care. I will continue my posts, and I will spend the same amount of energy and dedication, as if the whole world is up and keenly watching my every move on this blog...