Good day Dear Brothers and Sisters, Its Sunday, March 27th, 2011  Attitude it is said determines Altitude .. And so we are sagaciously advised to always maintain a positive attitude .. Now, The problem with positve attitude is that its not practical and does not work like its advertised ... or popularly promoted .. Yep, I believe so Most of the time, its an ostrich with its head in the sand Basically, there are two kinds of people in this world ... The reasonable and the unreasonable ... Reasonable men adjust themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men attempt to change their environment to suit themselves. Therefore, all progress is the work of unreasonable men.  I forgot who made the quote (So sue me - am feeling unreasonable  ) Something quite profound comes across from that quote, if only one will open oneself to the wisdom inherent in it .. Now, I am not advocating being a complete ass*ol# .. But lets get this part resolved ... FOR Resolution has power .. It saves energy from being expended in niggling thoughts that anyway do not let us accomplish our goals singlemindedly Now, Being a reasonable person has its virtues, perhaps even more than being unreasonable ....  I mean, It keeps the peace ... It keeps one flexible .. Promotes goodwill ...... and tests your faith and strengthens it (How?? read on) But face it, reasonable is many times just plain laziness .. A desire to avoid the complications and discomfort of facing the truth and taking corrective action ..... Take my own example .. I once had this track pant (I was in school then) that I was very fond of .. but over time its fitting got loose and it wouldn't grip my waist properly (see, that means i wasn't growing fat  , otherwise I wouldn't have had this problem..  )Anyway, I would take a cord and tie it to keep it and common decency in place ....  That was me being reasonable .... One day, I got pissed off with this process (Unreasonability kicked in) and I pestered my mother to do something about it ... She took it from me to see whether the elastic band could be replaced ... And then we found it - both of us .. A cord that had always been a little visible, which when pulled out tightened the grip ...  All this while, it had been there .. All I had to do was pull it out and tie it into a knot  I wished I had been unreasonable earlier .. Reasonableness keeps the mystery at bay .. the answers at bay ... progress at bay ........... Unreasonableness Liberates it We could have been reasonable and coexisted peacefully with the British as their slaves ... But we took the unreasonable path and gained Freedom We could have been reasonable and still be travelling in bullock carts and horse driven cariages ... But we were unreasonable and now fly in planes We could have lived in sylvan surroundings by being reasonable .. But we were unreasonable and today live in polluted cities and highrises ..  Uh .. oh.. wrench in the works .. Bubble burst ..  Being unreasonable has its downside .. We lose tasting the fruits of Patience .. The reasonable Man adjusts himself to the world and therefore the world is safe for the unreasonable to make progressive strides ... Unrestrained unreasonableness like Kali the Goddess can consume everything in its warpath ... Shiva the reasonable, restrains her unbridled energy and gives it a progressive direction Uncontrolled Unreasonablility is destruction Destruction of the world to mould it to our liking Reasonability, like Vishnu is sustainence .. It nourishes the world making it strong enough to bear the brunt of the hooves of the horses pulling on the chariots of progress .... Life needs both to be Life At times, I am at peace being both ... At other times ... well, that's a different story now  And Now time being a continously depreciating asset, lets not waste it anymore but Seize the day as in CARPE DIEM Author - Rahul D(bruntno1@yahoo.com ) --------------------------------------------------------- Your comments and feedbacks always welcome at Cybugle@yahoo.com as well as at bruntno1@yahoo.com ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- Working for God on earth does not pay much, but His Retirement plan is out ofthisworld. Helpsomeone have anice day, visit www.thehungersite. com  ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ Feelfreetoforwardthis post in its entirety without changing the credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ |
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