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Determinism and Free will

Let’s talk about stories. Not any kind of story, I want you to think on your story. When & Where, you were born? To whom and with whom? How were your parents with you? How was your childhood? What did you dream of? How was your life like and how is it right now? Do you like where you are now in life right now? Just have a thought on it, pause if you want to.

Now, you have become this wonderful person (trust me you are wonderful). But to become this person, you would have faced a lot of struggles. You had to make a lot of decisions. In everyday life, you are met with so many choices and those choices decide how our life moves. But if we think upon it, how much of a choice do we really have. That is where the concept of free will and determinism comes into play.

What is determinism? What if everything in life is pre-determined? When and where you were born, your parents, your siblings. Life revolves around the situations that you face, the thoughts that arise in your mind, the choices and the decisions you make in life. You might turn out to be an entirely different person if any of the above-mentioned things happened differently. Yes, it is scary at times, to think about the “freedom to choose”. But the thing is, even if it is all pre-determined, one can never know what is determined until it actually happens.

     Thus, don’t let yourself be limited by all those things that were not your decisions to make. Instead, now you have the opportunity to choose and create the life that you dream of. Use privileges of your life to your advantage. Instead of blaming the state you are in right now, choose to change your circumstances. What if you achieving, your dreams is what is pre-determined?

     Make the hard choices to build the life you want. You can never know if you win or lose until you actually play the game.

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Starting Something New

I have been thinking of starting a podcast for more than 2 years now, on and off. I would install all these apps to record something and then something would seem off and I would let those apps simply sit there only to uninstall it all together. This has been happening for several times now. But somehow this time I finally recorded and even uploaded it. Somehow I got the courage to put this out there.

This was all due to the book that I recently read and haven’t even finished it yet. This book simply knocked my head and said to just do it. The book “The power of starting something stupid: How to crush fear, make dreams happen, and live without regret” by Richie Norton starts with a concept of Gavin’s Law. The author’s brother-in-law Gavin seemed to pass away at the age of 21 years just after a few weeks of creating a time capsule. After a few years, the author and his wife had their fourth son whom they named Gavin. Unfortunately, he passed away within 10 weeks of his birth. That’s when the author realized! Life is too short.

We are not gonna live forever – “memento mori”. We all have a clock ticking on our heads, yet we postpone everything in life as if we are gonna live forever. We never know what will happen the very next minute. Yet we choose to shut down our instincts, the nudge to live life the way we want.

So what I intend to say is that just start doing it. However stupid your idea might seem or however complicated it might seem just start with the first step and things will be “figureoutable”.

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Will you do the right thing when no one is watching?

Will you do the right thing when no one is watching? Will you love someone knowing that they might never love you back? Will you do the right thing and expect nothing in return?

These are questions to which if we try to answer honestly, most of the times we simply DON’T. We always expect something in return when we give love to others. How often are we good to strangers? Do we smile at strangers? or simply look into our phones and avoid any type of conversation with others. If it’s your partner, you try to sort things out but if it’s someone not so close to you, you are so easy to judge, isn’t it?

Are there even any selfless acts? Okay this is an bigger topic which i would like to cover with another blog. We care others so that they care for us too, isn’t it?

Why god?

I know this is not the exact definition… But i guess it is sufficient, isn’t it? Sometimes it all feels as facade, but sometimes that’s what gives us hope! It’s all individualistic….opinion! No religion or belief is superior from the other! God or no god, it’s all your choice to make! And don’t forget to do your own investigation before you come to any conclusion.

@minishells

A watching candle!

When you light a candle to let peace flow in, you can’t keep worrying about the candle getting smaller. It is inevitable! 
Similarly, when you are with the people you love, enjoy being with them instead of worrying about the very little time you have with them!

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Whose approval?

Whose approval are you waiting for?

How often do we find ourselves trying so hard to win someone else’s approval! Probably uncountable times, isn’t it? We change ourselves to fit into this world, to make our parents happy, to appear perfect to our loved ones, and what not?

But unfortunately, you can never satisfy others!

Satisfaction is not being perfect but about accepting! You don’t have to prove anything to anyone! Don’t let anyone say otherwise!

You have an innate value of your own. You have an mind of your own, that works like no one else’s. So just hold on to that uniqueness.

You don’t anyone’s approval to be happy, to chase your dreams, to live! Do it in your own way…….!

@minishells

Age is not relevant when it comes to maturity!

Are you doing or not doing something due to the fear of punishment or just because you feel that’s the right thing to do or not do?
If your intentions are not for the right reasons, then you could do thousands of good deeds and it all still could lead you in the wrong way! Knowing and understanding all this, is maturity! And age is just a number here!
Even if you have had millions of experiences, & you never learned anything from it, then probably age and maturity need not go hand in hand!

@minishells

iT’S oKAY tO bE nON aMBITIOUS…dREAMING fOR sOMETHING sIMPLE!

My previous post was about chasing our dreams before it gets lost, but this one is for those who have simple dreams. Their dreams are pretty simple. When you ask them about their dream life and their future life, their answer would be:

A simple home in the country side, A loving partner or none at all, a simple life style far from the buzz of the city, a small home, a simple vehicle for transport, a satisfying job with a minimal salary, etc.

But they all would be choosy with one thing. They would want their passion to be with them, it could be their loved one or it could be a profession or something they always longed to do. But definitely not the conventional dreams, that’s for sure. There ambition is to be peaceful.

They are the non ambitious ones, their chase for dreams do not fall in the rat race. They are happy with the small things that life could offer. The simple fragrance of flower could give them the immense joy that a 100 dollars could not. They choose to have a happy and peaceful life over materialistic things. These are defintiely the rare creatures.

They have to face the world where people often remind them that their dreams are too small. People call them stupid. When the whole wide world rushes behind luxurious brands, they simply love the comfort of a relaxed morning coffee. When people expect expensive gifts, a simple flower and a letter saying how much you care for them can be enough for them to rejoice.

These great old souls suffer a lot to adjust with the society. They are minimalist and essentialist. This piece is for them. It’s okay to be non ambitious, it’s okay to be happy with simple things. It’s okay to choose peace and satisfaction over any other materialistic thing. It’s okay to live your life in your own way!

@minishells