I was cleaning some books and notes after my recent office move and i suddenly find this greeting card with the image of a budhhist monk sitting intently at meditation and a tag line that goes something lik "NO MATTER WHAT ROAD I TRAVEL, I'M GOING HOME"..
I open the card and see that i bought this last year while returning from copenhagen after i was disillusioned with my previous team. I had some handwritten notes around how not to expect things in life, about how not to worry about progress and success etc. At that time, it sounded motivational and probably inspired to make that big leap, but now, it totally seems out of context :-)...what with the big push i have been making for the next promotion and all, about my desire to achieve seniordom and be appreciated/acknowledged for all the great work i have been doing...isn't that ironic? We talk about religion in times of disappointment and then move over to materialism at the first smell of success?
Food for thought for me is that i have this innate habit of competing and it is a mountainhill for me to become all serene and non-competitive. But, does religion exist for only those who are comfortable about accomplishing nothing? Do people like me remain in this world of materialism? I have no answers...
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