on occasions that is.When things will not go according to plan,when life will throw you lemons and curve balls all at once and you wouldn't know which one's to juggle or to juggle them all together. And still ,no matter how much of a master juggler you may be, you will drop that occasional ball ( or lemon,as the case maybe). Cause parents/kids or you would get sick;house-help will not turn up on days or worse,just quit without notice( could even mean your assistant at work);your most reliable appliance will break down leaving you to do a lot of work manually ( and hence take up a lot of your time);or worse still u'll lose a loved one via death,separation etc.
But can you still keep going back on wheel and keep at it-pursuing the passion that is?
This post is linked to my earlier one from the other day on passions and how most of us are more of Jacks than actual master of anything.Many us lose focus on our true passions,when faced with situations that are not part of our regular routine or that we never planned for it to occur in the first place. True,some of those incidents change us and therefore the pursuits would change with them.
But as long as u emerge unscathed, you will be the same at the core or you'll probably reach out to your core because of it.Owing to this your passions too will more or less remain the same.
As anyone who's pursued anything in life with a single-minded determination should know that ,never mind the number of deviations that come along the way,we have to take that detour and return to our path of pursuit. If the hamster falls of the wheel,we have to put it back there.
Its about never giving up,yes,silly! But this is about keeping at it ,even on the darkest days. So if you have to write a book no matter what,you start with all the aspirations of being the next Jane Eyre or Charles Dickens (you may pick your favorite or your gender-whichever suits you).And then -thud! a series of unplanned,unanticipated and unrequited events happen in your life. Your incomplete book is in the danger of becoming yet another -well incomplete;could've been great-unread pile of document in the oblivion corners of your computer. BUT,but -if the dream is strong enough and your passion is for real,you will make it happen. You will dig it out of oblivion and continue to jab at your keypad ,as soon as the series of "un-events" have lived their course in your life and you get back to life as it was.
While everyone keeps saying life is short, I say we shorten it only by not following up on our path of pursuit of our passion.
But can you still keep going back on wheel and keep at it-pursuing the passion that is?
This post is linked to my earlier one from the other day on passions and how most of us are more of Jacks than actual master of anything.Many us lose focus on our true passions,when faced with situations that are not part of our regular routine or that we never planned for it to occur in the first place. True,some of those incidents change us and therefore the pursuits would change with them.
But as long as u emerge unscathed, you will be the same at the core or you'll probably reach out to your core because of it.Owing to this your passions too will more or less remain the same.
As anyone who's pursued anything in life with a single-minded determination should know that ,never mind the number of deviations that come along the way,we have to take that detour and return to our path of pursuit. If the hamster falls of the wheel,we have to put it back there.
Its about never giving up,yes,silly! But this is about keeping at it ,even on the darkest days. So if you have to write a book no matter what,you start with all the aspirations of being the next Jane Eyre or Charles Dickens (you may pick your favorite or your gender-whichever suits you).And then -thud! a series of unplanned,unanticipated and unrequited events happen in your life. Your incomplete book is in the danger of becoming yet another -well incomplete;could've been great-unread pile of document in the oblivion corners of your computer. BUT,but -if the dream is strong enough and your passion is for real,you will make it happen. You will dig it out of oblivion and continue to jab at your keypad ,as soon as the series of "un-events" have lived their course in your life and you get back to life as it was.
While everyone keeps saying life is short, I say we shorten it only by not following up on our path of pursuit of our passion.
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