Nowadays I am suffering with a fractured elbow making it
difficult for me to pursue my daily activities. Initially only good thing with
the entire incident was that I could still use my right hand. During all this
time I was cursing everything and everyone responsible for this incident. For
me this accident turned out to be a good incident when I started realising the
potential of one hand. Yes for me it was an incident and a memorable one. This
was the time when I realised not just what I cannot do with my impaired left
hand but also the true potential of my one working hand. All
this time I was not ready to let my work suffer so I kept on attending my
office and continued doing my assignments. To my amazement not only I was able
to complete my work in time that too with one hand,however, I also realized that in this entire process my pace to complete all the assigned jobs increased
in no time and thus I was able to cut my timeline at least by one-fourth. I
really wonder the reason behind this change.
Was it the absence of an alternative or the unused potential?
I believe the reason could be attributed to the combination
of both. Since we always have an alternative therefore most of the times our
true potential is not maximized. It is so great to imagine that when one hand of our body can achieve so
much then how much our body as a whole can achieve. Sounds obvious, however,
this thought is worth pondering. Also it is important to realize that a bit of
stooping is not only depriving us to achieve the true potential of our
height(read mental height) rather it also stops us from reaching there just
because we never took that last step which was very much crucial to help us
achieve our dreams and continued practice of such incomplete efforts do compel
us to forget our dreams which we had painted in our childhood. Aren't we all forgetting those unrealistic dreams of owning a fleet of cars,our own
company,being the most successful man/woman on earth. Didn’t we promise
ourselves that though we did build castles in the air,however, we shall lay the
foundations underneath those huge dreams. How can we let those dreams vanish
just because we don’t find the way to lay foundations under those beautiful
castles. Aren’t we doing the same mistake on which we have a very famous hindi
joke.(To keep the essence alive am writing this in Hinglish).
Ek aadmi ek din ghar ke bahar street light mein kuch dhoond
raha tha, tabhi ek raahgeer wahan aaya aur usne uss aadmi se puchcha.
Rahgeer: Arre bhai
kya dhoond rahe ho.
Aadmi: Mera 1
rupaye ka sikka kahin kho gaya hai.
Rahgeer: Sikka kahan khoya tha.
Aadmi : Ghar ke
andar.
Rahgeer: (Hanste hue): Arre sikka ghar ke andar khoya hai
toh bahar kyun dhund rahe ho
Aadmi: Ghar mein light nahin thi toh bahar aa gaya
dhundne
Isn’t it true that since we all don’t see the light at the
right place therefore we always focus at the wrong place just because it is
easy to convince ourselves by saying that I searched in the light yet I couldn’t
find what I was seeking. Isn’t it easy
to say I really tried hard but couldn’t help it? Are we really searching for our
dreams at the right place? I think its time we try to bring in a ray of light
into that room of darkness and we all shall find our lost dreams rather than
fooling ourselves just to look for them at the wrong place altogether.
Isn’t it time to get back to our dreams and start searching
them which have been lost in the darkness of distractions and ignorance rather
than searching at a place where those dreams are completely non-existent? Isn’t
it time to realise our true potential and to channelize them in the right
direction to seek our goals which did motivate us to start our journey long
back?
It is time all of us look back at those unrealistic dreams
and use our skills which have grown considerably since then and feel motivated
to achieve what we started for. It is time we live for all those thoughts and
dreams which are worth living.
I do not think I could have justified this memorable
experience in a better way than writing it down with just my one hand which is
capable to deliver more than its potential.