Random Thoughts

Sometimes in life…we reach a point where we feel things are moving fast…very fast. We see people getting successful, some getting married while you are just on the edge of being still. You are not moving…maybe your past is chaining you and pulling you back or the fear of future is too big to move ahead. We all go through a point when we ask ourselves….is that it? Are we going to be lonely and still forever? We fear we might get lost in the crowd, our friends might go, we will be the unknown at a party or a social media platform. We lose momentum, we lose confidence…..we even lose the sight of who we are. At that moment of time, we become vulnerable to making wrong or big devastating decisions. But what is necessary and very difficult is to wait…. To think that it might be the calm before the storm, where everything is still……everything is  moving in other direction and THE STORM IS ABOUT TO STRIKE. But when that storm passes by everything changes, new places are created

Since my childhood; I heard this phrase a lot. At school, I was asked to master a subject, at home I was asked to concentrate at one thing at a time and now at work I am asked to excel in my particular department. People always implied that; if; I am involved in learning or doing a lot of stuff together, I may end up being imperfect / unfit for a specific thing. Though, I agreed to it up to certain extent; I never fully accepted it. While, Master brings experience and knowledge with him; Jack brings in a 360 degree look and perspective. While master is required for guiding and showing path; Jacks are required to create new ones to follow on. While master has the privilege of being right; Jack has a privilege of making mistakes. Many people aim at being a master, but I aim at being a Jack of all trades…my reasons being simple, my inquisitive mind loves to learn; my confused being is unable to decide a path; my changing society poses a lot of new sets of problems to me and it r