We are all familiar with the line, " Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the most beautiful of'em all"
No I'm not gonna talk about the newspaper or how it sensationalizes every bit of news it can find.
I see this as a metaphor for almost everything in life.
Everyday we see ourselves through this mirror which lies..
I mean go ahead ask yourself am i really good at cricket or cooking or anything that you do and consider yourself good at? most will answer yes but is it really the case,(a few shall feel the urge to lie to themselves and other by claiming "I'm not that bad at batting or bowling or whatever)
The point I'm trying to make here is that we live in an environment where this narrow look at ourselves is nothing but an illusion of what we think we are, we are coded in a way that makes it very difficult for us to truly see ourselves, in fact almost next to impossible.
Therefore we must always value those few who challenge our own perception about ourselves and try to make us see the REAL us.
I think critics are the most wrongly judged people in this world, I mean, sure today we give the status of a critic very easily but the few who truly are and understand and perform the roles, responsibility and duties of being a critic, are people who we should really praise and encourage. (Suddenly reading back this last line, it sounds like a principle of management answer doesn't it ).
We all hate to believe it but it's true, we all live in our own little bubble where, from our point of view everything is hunky-dory and any hardship or trouble is like GOD taking a revenge.
Now some of you might think I'm asking you to change or live your life according to somebody else, let me tell you NO, I'm not asking you to do anything even remotely close to that, all I'm trying to say is every once in a while one should listen to his/her critic in life, and by critic I mean anyone right from your friends, parents, siblings. And I think I even know the reason why "others" seem better with their judgement and understanding about our problem, to put it very straight forward , the fact that it's not their problem makes it easier and helps them to be more practical and more balanced about it and that's why it pays to listen to your critic. To end I would quote what a friend had put up as her status in facebook some time back. ( Ironical how facebook suddenly has all the answers).
No I'm not gonna talk about the newspaper or how it sensationalizes every bit of news it can find.
I see this as a metaphor for almost everything in life.
Everyday we see ourselves through this mirror which lies..
I mean go ahead ask yourself am i really good at cricket or cooking or anything that you do and consider yourself good at? most will answer yes but is it really the case,(a few shall feel the urge to lie to themselves and other by claiming "I'm not that bad at batting or bowling or whatever)
The point I'm trying to make here is that we live in an environment where this narrow look at ourselves is nothing but an illusion of what we think we are, we are coded in a way that makes it very difficult for us to truly see ourselves, in fact almost next to impossible.
Therefore we must always value those few who challenge our own perception about ourselves and try to make us see the REAL us.
I think critics are the most wrongly judged people in this world, I mean, sure today we give the status of a critic very easily but the few who truly are and understand and perform the roles, responsibility and duties of being a critic, are people who we should really praise and encourage. (Suddenly reading back this last line, it sounds like a principle of management answer doesn't it ).
We all hate to believe it but it's true, we all live in our own little bubble where, from our point of view everything is hunky-dory and any hardship or trouble is like GOD taking a revenge.
Now some of you might think I'm asking you to change or live your life according to somebody else, let me tell you NO, I'm not asking you to do anything even remotely close to that, all I'm trying to say is every once in a while one should listen to his/her critic in life, and by critic I mean anyone right from your friends, parents, siblings. And I think I even know the reason why "others" seem better with their judgement and understanding about our problem, to put it very straight forward , the fact that it's not their problem makes it easier and helps them to be more practical and more balanced about it and that's why it pays to listen to your critic. To end I would quote what a friend had put up as her status in facebook some time back. ( Ironical how facebook suddenly has all the answers).
"I just realized that everyone is someone's counselor in life."
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