Thursday, October 07, 2010
My vice..
has been not wanting things badly. This is what my mom told me 5 years ago. You need to be selfish and passionate about things.. go for it like come what may. Yeah.. arent we born with it ?. I was taught to lose it ..I understand how critical it is to make things happen. Nothing comes to you unless you want it badly.
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Correct.
But question remains: can you make yourself want something badly if you are not that passionate about it?
Isn't wanting a particular thing badly a very innate/personal or personality-specific thing? If you force yourself to want something badly (if it doesnt come innately to you), are you not forcing yourself to be something that you are not?
Well.. you are right on "personal/personality specific thing".. there is also another factor. Society taught stuff which the brain tries to remind you when at heart you want to do something badly that the society might not approve.. and the same sort of rules that might be saying you are violating the wants/needs/rights of somebody else. When is it ok and not-ok is always a topic of eternal debate. Funny thing is.. what was wrong 10 years ago is not wrong now... So you also might want to weigh in that factor too at times. A woman wanting to choose a guy on her own was unheard of in my family 10 years ago.. and now is it a big deal..no.. things like that.
true... what we were taught back in India when we were young could well be the opposite of what would work well in our lifestyles now. Its not just a matter of 10 yrs ago... but also a matter of how culturally diifferent India and the US are. For example - too much socializing was scrowled upon when I was young (at least in my familial and social circle)... whereas at this stage and place in life, socializing and networking is THE thing to do.
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