Running, What For?...

Sprinters Usian bolt & Yohan Blake are running (like a devil is behind them) to be the first to reach the finish line.

For more than 22 years, Sachin Tendulkar's running between the 22 yards is an inspiration to his fans.

My Obese friends (I am on the way to join their gang) are running to reduce their medical bills.

Some of the marathoners are running for a noble cause, some for publicity & some to become next "Forrest Gump".

What for, we are running? 

We are running for life, instead of living it. For most of us, Life means “Money… Money… Money…"

 

I met money and said “Why everyone runs behind you, you are just a piece of paper”. Money smiled and said “Of course, I am just a piece of paper, but I haven't seen a dustbin yet in my whole life”.

Yes, Of course, I am not disputing the fact “No Money… No Honey…” but do we know how much money is needed? If we know the answer, it is great. If we don’t, we should.

Financial Freedom is such a wonderful phrase, which relieves us from immense pressure and gives us immense pleasure.

How much money is needed for our family to achieve this financial freedom varies for each one. But certainly, the number (amount of money needed) is certain. Above that number, whatever more we earn will reverse our fortunes from immense pleasure to immense pressure.

Reminds the wonderful lines from “Oruvan Oruvan” song “Kaiyil konjam kaasu irunthaal; nee thaan atharku ejamaanan, Kazhuthu varaikum kaasu irunthaal; athu thaan unakku ejamaanan.”

But if we achieve this freedom much early, there may be a question “How I am going to spend rest of my life by hanging the boots, which were torn apart in the game of running for money?” 

It’s simple. Remember the answer that we told in our childhood days, when our teachers asked “What do you want to be in your life?” That’s answer. Live it.

However, some of us would have told “District Collector/Cricketer/Politician”. Considering today’s scenario, it may look like a distinct possibility. 

Nothing to feel sorry about that, by now we may have a new passion. Focus on the new passion. 

If, you don’t have any new passion & still sticking with the old ones, don’t brood over it; just think “What is the goal, which prompts you to tell that you want to be a District Collector?” The goal “is” (not “may”) still achievable. 

 

 Plan the ways to achieve it.

“The ways to my dream may change, but my dream won’t”...

History will remember Bill Gates, not for having been world’s wealthiest person, but for “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation”.