As soon as I read the title, something from my school days comes to my mind. Remember the two marker that was common in all question papers, regardless of the subject throughout all the years...
Since the time I have understood what a question paper is, there has been this question asking "Define the following" and I used to smile having mugged the definitions really well.
A few days back I was in my zone pondering what defines us? I mean as human beings, what is it that truly defines us.
Many of us might not be the same implications of our names.. Santosh might be unhappy, Bhavana may not be able to expresses her feelings and Chandra not as beautiful as the moon perhaps!
The environment we are brought up in, the family we live with, the friends we make, the religion we belong to, the relationship we get into or out of.. These are aspects that mould us.
We may have been carefree as a teenager but when we are into relationships, a son or daughter, friend, a partner or a parent, we do take up responsibility. So our behaviour is influenced by the relationship we are dealing with. That is not who we really are.
There are hundreds of thousand of people around us. The ideologies of society, the working of a system all have an impact on our lives but it is still not something that defines us.
What really does define us then??
We may react to a same situation differently given the circumstances. After contemplation and evaluation, we may apologize for our mistake and move ahead, we may be grateful for a favour, we may regret a bad desicions.
Your thoughts define you, your capability to think, differentiate and act in a good or unpleasant manner is the definition of you.
When you put in 100% in your bonds, irrespective of how much return you may get, that investment is what defines you.
When you mourn the loss of a loved one and also get filled with anguish when you hear about a little kid being exploited in some other part of the world, those expressions are what define you.
In college, we used to have definitions of one topic given by different authors and all of them were acceptable. In life, none of the definitions given by others should be acceptable.
"A homemaker is someone who sits at home all day and does nothing much in life" "A girl who has had a relationship before marriage is not a worthy prospect" "A boy who does chores of the home or a boy who cries is a girl" "A strong girl is one who is brought up like a boy"
There are many more such preposterous definitions I keep coming across time and again.. None of which I agree with. So if you call me arrogant, I would love that but it is nobody else's business to define me.
The self belief, the perseverance, the character we show in happy and unhappy days, the efforts, the love we have in our hearts, the values we imbibed from our parents that we want pass on to following generations, these are things what define us.
You are what you think, feel and understand about yourself. So explore different hues and facets of life and keep redefining yourself in your own words.
CHEERS!!
GOD BLESS!
CHS
Since the time I have understood what a question paper is, there has been this question asking "Define the following" and I used to smile having mugged the definitions really well.
A few days back I was in my zone pondering what defines us? I mean as human beings, what is it that truly defines us.
Many of us might not be the same implications of our names.. Santosh might be unhappy, Bhavana may not be able to expresses her feelings and Chandra not as beautiful as the moon perhaps!
The environment we are brought up in, the family we live with, the friends we make, the religion we belong to, the relationship we get into or out of.. These are aspects that mould us.
We may have been carefree as a teenager but when we are into relationships, a son or daughter, friend, a partner or a parent, we do take up responsibility. So our behaviour is influenced by the relationship we are dealing with. That is not who we really are.
There are hundreds of thousand of people around us. The ideologies of society, the working of a system all have an impact on our lives but it is still not something that defines us.
What really does define us then??
We may react to a same situation differently given the circumstances. After contemplation and evaluation, we may apologize for our mistake and move ahead, we may be grateful for a favour, we may regret a bad desicions.
Your thoughts define you, your capability to think, differentiate and act in a good or unpleasant manner is the definition of you.
When you put in 100% in your bonds, irrespective of how much return you may get, that investment is what defines you.
When you mourn the loss of a loved one and also get filled with anguish when you hear about a little kid being exploited in some other part of the world, those expressions are what define you.
In college, we used to have definitions of one topic given by different authors and all of them were acceptable. In life, none of the definitions given by others should be acceptable.
"A homemaker is someone who sits at home all day and does nothing much in life" "A girl who has had a relationship before marriage is not a worthy prospect" "A boy who does chores of the home or a boy who cries is a girl" "A strong girl is one who is brought up like a boy"
There are many more such preposterous definitions I keep coming across time and again.. None of which I agree with. So if you call me arrogant, I would love that but it is nobody else's business to define me.
The self belief, the perseverance, the character we show in happy and unhappy days, the efforts, the love we have in our hearts, the values we imbibed from our parents that we want pass on to following generations, these are things what define us.
You are what you think, feel and understand about yourself. So explore different hues and facets of life and keep redefining yourself in your own words.
CHEERS!!
GOD BLESS!
CHS
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