Forgetting and juggling our lives

As I browse around the blogs of my friends and their friends, I notice that many of them have stopped blogging. The very people who inspired me to start a blog have, themselves, stopped. Why did they stop? Some of them, simply do not have the time. Others, just stopped. They no longer had fun blogging and found no reason to do so. Be it too little viewership or whatever it is, they simply lost interest.

That is exactly what happens to many of us. When the latest RPG game comes out, we buy it immediately and play it 12 hours a day. After around a month of playing, we get bored with it and stop. We forget what it was that we found fun about the game in the first place. When the latest Harry Potter book is published, we queue 5 hours for it. Reading it once is not enough , and we read it five times. Soon, we get bored of it and it sits on the shelf collecting dust. When we first start school each year, we have a resolution of passing with flying colours. And so, in the first week, we study like never before and bury our noses in our books. Soon, we get tired and the motivation wears off. Soon, we are back on the game console playing games.

Many of us simply live our lives that way. We initiate projects but do not have the passion to sustain them. Just like the things that we buy and chuck aside, they accumulate over time. However, unlike the latter that can simply be thrown away, we cannot possibly throw away our memories. Every time we do not complete a project, it takes a little away from our confidence. As the years go by, we begin to associate ourselves with failure and it appears that we can never succeed anymore no matter what we try.

There is a riddle that tells about a bridge that can hold 100 kg of weight. A man, who weighs 90 kg, tries to cross the bridge. Unfortunately, he is carrying three balls that are 5 kg in weight each. Yet, he still manages to cross the bridge without harm. How? Take some time to ponder over it. The answer is below.




The answer: He juggles the balls.

Isn't that exactly what we do with our life? We juggle with the activities in our schedule, making sure to keep to it down to the minute. For the first few days or weeks, we succeed. But soon, our arms tire and we start to lose balance. Imagine what would happen to the man if he lost control of the three balls? What if that led to the loss of his own balance? Soon, he would fall off the bridge and possibly lose his life. On the other hand, another man who only carried two balls across the bridge would have a much easier time. He could carry a ball in each hand and cross the bridge as per normal. That is what we should do sometimes. We should cut back on our activities and focus on seeing them through to the best of our abilities. Yet, the man who successfully juggles three balls would have more to work with in the future. He would benefit by having three balls instead of two. Sometimes, we participate in more activities because it will help us have a better future. The extra seminar, the extra module, the extra course. All these may help us later on in life.

So what exactly should we do? Just whack it and go for it? Or should we play the safe option? Whatever you choose to do is up to you actually. Just make sure that you don't lose yourself in the process.