So, what’s not risky in this world!
Living itself is a risky affair, one can die
anytime! On the other hand, living a monotonous, dis-interesting, dreamless life
is nothing less than death.
Every successful person has taken risk at a
point of time in his or her life. That risk turned their life to another way. It
changed their fate, their life. That’s the reason we know them. We read about
them. We envy them. And we are surprised how “easily” they succeeded in life.
Success is not delivered in a platter. Its
main ingredients are dream, hard work and perseverance. There is no substitute
or short cut to it.
Those who advice you against your “risky”
dream maybe your well-wishers. Maybe, they are worried about you losing a
peaceful and well-settled life, in search of success. But, how much can they
analyse you, your inner-strength, your passion.
Even you cannot fathom it, how can they! I
will tell you an anecdote© in this regard.
Once there was a hardworking and honest man. His
dream was to travel the world one day. He worked day and night accumulating
money for his sole dream. One day he had had enough money to fund his travel. As
he was readying for the journey, his neighbor asked him, “don’t you think you
must construct a good house before setting out on the journey?”
The question put him on back foot. It will be good if I have a good house to
stay on my return, he thought.
He used a large part of his savings and
constructed a beautiful house. He continued working the way he was, for raising
the fund for his travel. In about an
year, he had the money required for the travel. As he was packing his bag, the
neighbor came by and asked. “Don’t you want somebody to wait for you back at
home? Won’t it be good if you have loving wife back at home?”
He became a bit confused. Of course, I need somebody to love me. If she’s ready, I can take her
too for the trip. It will be nice to have a partner.
He married a beautiful girl. He had to expend all
his fund for the marriage. His wife turned pregnant before he could accumulate
the money for the trip. Then, one by one, his responsibilities kept mounting. And
he had to postpone the trip every time.
Before he could believe, he turned old and bedridden.
At the death bed he adviced his son. “Don’t wait for the right moment, do it at
the moment.”
He departed this world without living his
dream!
Therefore, don’t withhold yourself. Take
risks. Do it now. Because NOW is the time.
Every moment is right or no moment is.
© Shine Syamaladevi
