Saturday, July 06, 2013

Young Forever - Past, Present, Future

According to the cosmology of ancient Greeks, the gods were believed to have the power of complete vision into the future. These gods they say could see everything right down to the intricate details about events yet to be. Humans on the other hand were just victims of circumstance, fate and emotions: The ancient Greeks thought themselves subject to the whims and desires of the gods; for whatever it was they(gods) deemed fit, nothing could be done to reverse it.
That comparison may just still be valid today in the sense that not all humans have come to develop an ability to pre-empt and premeditate future occurrences, I know many will dispute that line. However, taking into account that not every ambition or dream is actually foresight, we can agree to disagree. Dreams and ambitions rarely ever fit comfortably into the realistic realm of how things are supposed to be, this is because they are mostly made up of our inane human wishes and desires; most of which are totally selfish. How many people ever had a dream or an ambition that didn’t revolve solely around them?
The ability to premeditate, plan, foresee and pre-empt what might be, lies not in how big our dreams and goals are, but in the power of being able to overcome our natural human tendency to react to things as they happen; taking one step back and imagining the larger picture taking shape beyond our immediate vision is the very foundation of foresight. Every person wants a happy ending to their life-story, the problem however is we may never recognize it is indeed a happy ending until we are in fact present at that ending; it is only in that time and space when our lives flash before our eyes, will we know if we are at the happy ending we initially desired.
The ending they say is everything; it is the end of the action that determines who gets what (money, legacy, prize, glory). The conclusion is crystal clear and never vague - it is the outcome that overcomes the beginning and every other circumstance lying in between - it must be kept in mind constantly with utmost clarity.
Think for a second what you want your ending to look, feel or be like. At that point when you lay on a bed or sit on a rocking chair, feeling so fragile, weak and relaxed in old age - what will be those things that will bring both laughter and tears to your eyes at the exact same time. These are the stuff dreams are made of.
Staying young forever has absolutely nothing to do with age, but everything to do with heart and mind.

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