Navigating our way through

What happens when you were sure you wanted something really badly? So dead sure of it that you were ready to sprint all the way to the end of the race, and you do, outrunning all the others who you know are your competition, whacking, pushing and stepping on everything that comes your way, keeping yourself focused on the goal, in track with the strong navigation that comes to you from within. And then one day, you're hands and legs begin to feel exhausted, giving you enough break from your hardcore determination to look behind you and see how far you've come. To your dismay, you're hardly a tenth of the way to go. You then look ahead of you and see how much of the journey is left,  and the most dangerous question enters your mind - Is this worth it? You're tired already, but you still keep going, of course with a subdued speed. You watch as others pick themselves up and you watch as they outrun you. And then you stop.

Where do you go? Navigation, which was so clear before, now is nowhere to be seen; how does navigation help when you've got no idea of the destination?

This is the point where I really start missing my childhood, because especially here in India, as kids, our parents navigated us to wherever they thought best for us. You never messed up so much as a kid, because you didn't have the pressure of making your own decisions, and therefore, of second guessing yourself.

There are two realms to life; one of action, and the other of thought. The ones who can perfectly plan, and execute a combination of the two, are probably the happiest ones out there. The ones who are dominated by action do pretty okay, too, because there isn't much space for thought; hence they don't often repeatedly question themselves if what they're doing is right. For them, life is not good or bad, it just is.

The most dangerous type to be is the one that lives their life in the realm of thought. Always planning, never executing. Failing all deadlines, achieving nothing. Always trying to navigate their life in the correct path, with so much conflict that they always get stuck at crossroads. And when they do fix their mind on something, they give up on it halfway. These kind of people end up unhappy, because even when they achieve something, they think of a better way that it could have been done - they try to improvise on the navigation they've already executed. Maybe what's important isn't to be on the right path. In fact, maybe every path is just as good as the next one. But what's important is to just keep going, without thinking about the finish line. To accept the way of life that you take up to slowly complete your mission, and stick to it, and at all times, stay confident of your choice, even if it seems a bit senseless sometimes. Any target achieved makes you proud; so maybe wasting your time on the decision making process is the only bad choice!

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.