It has been an uplifting experience to hold a musical instrument and get meaningful sound out of it as opposed to random strains. There is so much to do in this world rather than be influenced by various thoughts and actions of others and move into a domain that is hitherto unknown. Don't get me wrong, moving into new arenas is not bad, influence of other people at various stages is to a certain extent.
I may be speaking for myself here and many may not subscribe to my views, but asserting oneself is what its all about here; to do for yourself than for anybody else. Selfish? may be... but selflessness is for the sadhus; not for me.
There seems to be a digression when i speak of selfishness and assertiveness at the same time but looking at my situation it becomes clearer as to what i talk about. Therefore i speak/spoke of perspective (earlier post). As how perspectives tend to change the thought process of the person.
So, subscribing to someone Else's views may or may not have its fallacy (because everything is relative) but doing your own thing is much better than anything else in the world. You hold yourself responsible and credit yourself for whatever good comes your way.
The flipside is the point where you have done and gone your way and it hasn't turned out so much as you hoped for in life, then one has to turn to others and listen to that classic refrain "I told you so..."
At that exact point you want to wring the other persons neck but you turn the other cheek instead. Plain sailing to rough seas, never is anything perennial. Experience it. Don't judge it.
