Theory of Compromise

Compromise has become an integral parts of our lives, at least for many of us. I feel that there are two parts to that reaction of ours - substitution and reasoning for the substitution. Compromise in itself is a necessary evil. Often, people have the tendency to reason out their substitution ( either by chance or by choice) based on comparisons. Comparisons that transcend temporal limits. We are aware that any two arbitrary scientific experiments are compared if and only if the two experiments follow the same procedures/methods under the same standard environmental conditions.
Consider the event that person A desired to succeed in B. However, that did not happen at time t and resigned to fate and moved on to C. Assume he succeeds in C. The normative claim of A would be - "Thank God, B did not happen otherwise I would not have succeeded in C. " This might hold true for events that are serially dependent. For cases that are mutually exclusive such a reasoning appears to be a little distorted from my FOE's perspective. Lets say A's success in B meant him tying nuptial knot with his heartthrob. Failure in B implies A might have resigned to fate or was led by destiny to have a successful marriage with another person C.
Given such a scenario, how appropriate it is to compare persons across time at different situations? Time in itself is dynamic and ever changing that envelopes the entire creation as well in its change. We compare our moods, mind sets, reactions, physical, economical, mental statuses at two different time periods that encompass huge magnitudes of chaos within themselves. Our reactions and moods at time t1 are not equivalent to those at time t2 because, for them to be compared, we as individuals should have undergone the same set of reaction experiments at similar conditions,which is infeasible.

There is a deep inclination of people to regard their current position as the better when compared with the foregone opportunities. In the above case, there is a tendency to claim that C is better of the B. But who knows and who could validate that claim that A probably could have been a lot better off with the success with B. Thoughts on these lines are believed to channel negative connotations of our progress and life and we have resolved to the system of accrediting the current situation as the better against the foregone desires. Lest, we cant move on. This is a famous school of thought and my FOE's intention here is not to debate the resultants but the reasoning attached with the school of thought.

By merely comparing two events that are so unique in themselves, it is as good as comparing oranges and apples over two different time periods. Preferences evolve. Let us resign or accept the fate and let us move on, but let us not compare the results of two totally turnkey events of our lives. Turnkey as they seem because, their results change the path of lives and not judging the efficacy of one of the events with incomplete results and data is merely being foolish. At times hypocrisy.

Abyss

When you have hit rock bottom, the best option available to you is to LOOK UP..!

Discovery

I will have to give this to my very dear friend Krish, a strong lateral thinker. Should confess that he has been an influencing personality in the evolution of my thought process. Of the many things that he emphasized, he touched upon self discovery in a subtle and yet effective fashion. He retorts often with his signature statement - " Vish, when was the last time you did something for the first time.."

Reflect on that positively, you for sure will begin to realize more of your unknown self... Thanks mate!!

Pain

Pain is a direct function of reaction.

Minute surprises...

Coincidence is a matter of perspective. You need to be myopic to ignore all those myriad coincidences that happen just under your nose. While you are reading this, may be.

Control

People are in constant search of control buttons throughout their lives - from tv remote to huge machinery to relationships to authority to money to people and infact to ecosystem as well. Alas, the only entity which man is capable of controlling to entirety is his own MIND and nothing else in this universe. Illusionary controls breeds expectations and chaos.

PS : Are you thinking of pets? I have a cute naughty doggie at home. Well tamed infact. But it only acts to my instructions only if it wishes to :-)

Trust

My trust is like a beam of light from a torch - my soul. You can use the light if you want to. However, the shadows are those of the obstructions( betrayals..) and not that of my soul. I would continue to burn bright as long as the battery lasts!

Work

I've sometimes thought that work is analogous to puke and sometimes to shit. Because, irrespective of where you "perform", it is still a dirty act to do!!.. ;-P

PS: Never mind - one of those many days Ive dreaded work!

As I see it

A tribute to Jessica!!!

On the right track?

There is a popular belief that if everything appears to be going right in our way, then we are probably on the wrong track. Does the corollary hold true? That is , are we on the right track if everything is going wrong in our way?.

Cowardice

Only humans are capable of the dastardly act of "suicide". Ever heard of a dog/cat committing suicide owing to its problems?
Probably, the ability to give up on life is one of the perks of having that 'extra' sense.
Hail MANKIND.

Wise

You become wise by learning from your mistakes; wiser by learning from others' mistakes.

Play your life

Your game of life is as unique as those of others'.

Phenomenon

During your moments of crisis and conflicts, there are always 'n' (n>0) people who believe you can't make it. You are lucky if you have 'm' people who believe you can make it.

If m = n, confused state
m > n, lucky state
m < n, unlucky state
m = 0, and you still make it....Thou shalt be a PHENOMENON

All "Right"

Right is an inverse function of Guilt.

Refresh

New Tides clean up the Old Shore.

Whats your USP?

Your problems dont make you unique. How you work around them makes you unique.

Rendezvous.

A hypothetical situation. I am trying to imagine the dialogue between Mr. Crime and Mr. Sin. ( personification of human perceptions) What would it be like? Are they siblings by the way?. Just Curious :)

Hiatus...

Hmmm. A long one indeed. There are times when you get hypercharged about an activity and yet your battery would let you down in a short while. Writing was a typical example in my life. Well, to be kind on myself, the proxies at work could be blamed partly for preventing me from pursuing an interest of mine. But as I said, partly. Work and its related pressures did take a toll on my interests - Choreography, writing and yes of course day dreaming! . I have realised that writing long stories/ junk is more an inverse function of availability of lesiure than the drive to deliver. So to subvert the risk of losing touch with my FOE, I have decided to aleast keep a tab on some of my key realisations of life - ofcourse from my FOEs perspective. I believe it would help me reproduce the timeline of the evolutionary phases of my thought process.

quarter century crisis..

in monotony
no field for a battle
apathy in life