At First, Be A Great Follower

Remember Hanuman? Our childhood hero from Ramayan. Hanuman helped Lord Rama to win over Ravana to bring maa Seeta home. In India, we worship Hanuman with the same respect and love as we do to Lord Rama. Don't run away, wait. I am not narrating the story of Ramayana here. I've something different in today's menu. Look at Hanuman, where has he positioned himself? In the feat of Rama, Lakshmana and Seeta. Hanuman is one of the greatest warrior, leader of the monkies. However, Hanuman always said, "he's just a servant of Lord Rama."

We often read/hear this quote especially from our teachers, parents and peers "'If you don't build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs." Having a dream and working hard to achieve it, is a great thing but in reality, many can't dream. Admitting this fact, then what to do? Does it imply that people who didn't pursue their dreams are unsuccessful? or are they incapable of doing anything else? it doesn't matter, just because they couldn't accomplish what they dreamt? 

Inferiority complex over successful people and regret of failure is killing many every minute from within. Why people are identifying themselves as unsuccessful all the time? One might have failed in achieving his/her greatest dream because of some reason. Big dreams are unrealistic, to bring them in reality, it takes hell out of an effort, time and bloody patience. Everyone cannot do it. It needs everyday practice, unaltered focus and patience. It's difficult but doesn't mean one shouldn't dream at all. Just keep in mind that, when you're trying to get something which is not with you, even if you fail still it's not with you. Hence, it's not a loss at all. In contrary, you must have gained some experience and lessons which can be used in future. Take an instance, just go and fight with a boxer who lost an every single bronze medal in any of the tournament in his career. Can you even think of doing it? No. Why? because his practice didn't go waste. His muscles are still strong as a rock.  

Achievement cannot be always reaching to the top. One should know how to and when to give up. Giving up on unrealistic dreams is also a smart move. There's nothing wrong if you work for someone else's dream or say common dream. Have you ever observed that most of the companies recruit experienced people over talented youngster? especially for higher positions. Youth have dreams and incessant energy but lack in experience. Look at how so-called older's CSK team play with other youngsters team. No one can match their experience. Kohli may have great energy but he knows, coach Sastry knows and even BCCI knows the value of Dhoni's experience in winning any tournament. Dhoni doesn't score as many runs as others, the pace is also slow, no bowling too but his bits of advice have won more matches than his runs. 

As a said in the first paragraph Hanuman being a servant of Lord Rama is also worshipped. Dhoni is not a captain anymore but he knows his value. His success doesn't lie in being a captain or scoring hundred. Winning a match for the country is what matters to him. Blindly just don't follow your dreams by keeping everything at risk. Gain experience. Work with different people. Follow others for some time. "Before you dream about being a great leader be a great follower". On the way, you'll learn and develop many good qualities. To achieve dreams one should also need clarity along with confidence and clarity comes with knowledge and experience.  

            

-SB