Doesn't this word also remind you of the word.. "Genius".. "Geniuses"?? Just like finding a "Genius" is rare so is "Genuine"..
Maybe this sounds like a very disappointing kinda piece of writing which a person writes when he/she is hurt because the world has been mean to him or her.. But the point is that people often complain about wanting to do the best, trying to achieve the same however still failing to achieve the desired results.. Many times they blame luck, destiny, others, time and opportunities for their failure..
Having said that, above things are also important.. However, they are not in our control.. Hence they are not important in terms of our focus.. Our focus should be us and only us.. We can only control ourselves, our thoughts, our perspectives, feelings, reactions, etc..
Another important fact to focus on is that we should be honest to ourselves - "being ourself at every point".. Somewhere we tend to lose this, we tend to go into the mindset of someone else who has been through this and how he/she reacted in a similar situation.. We take learnings/examples and try to feel, behave as the other person would have..
Here is where we go wrong.. !
If we can understand what exactly the other person did and apply the extract of the same only (not the complete solution) in the current situation - we shall achieve the success as well as be ourself..
Most of the situation require this kind of application only.. Not just copy paste..
However understanding the extract requires - awareness, intelligence, confidence and most importantly imagination .. So one can understand the people who suffer from lack of imagination - mostly end up leading others lives..
Somewhere I also feel - it demands a good character and a good heart at its core.. But what amazes me is that they always have this thing to say - "Luck ditched me" or "Karma is a bitch"..
Also, we are afraid of admitting our mistakes, we keep on wearing the mask most of the time, we say things we don't mean - where are these gonna lead us really??
The question is - were you honest enough when it was most required??
Picture taken at Yelo House, Bangkok
