Following the unconventional path! Yeah,its highly against the tradition,so is this post!

Hello readers,this is going to be my first post in this awesome inspiring blog my M.Abhisek.My Name is X,because it has got nothing to do with my thinking or this post.So let it be anonymous(unless you look below the title of this page :-P ).I am going to talk about the unconventional or highly nontraditional path which probably would lead to lots and lots of criticism(maybe positive too :-P but yeah that is highly unconventional).
So here goes a story which is somewhat related to my point..There was a Rabbit in a forest named "Nishu".He was born in a family consisting of his parents and his 3 siblings and of course,his relatives.Right from his childhood,our hero( or just another born side-character,well its the tragedy) wanted to fight the king of the jungle.But everytime he used to say this to his friends they would either mock him by saying "He is mentally retarded." or ignore him.All he wanted was to follow his dream of fighting the lion and free the jungle from the fear and nightmares of the lion.Almost every species living in the jungle had been a poor victim of the king's thirst.They all wanted to be free from this chain of fear,but no one had the guts to challenge him.One day Nishu,gathering all his wits(not only guts,how can a rabbit fight a lion with only his strength.. :-P) decided to break these chains and free the jungle.He went near the stream of water near the king's home and shouted 'I am not afraid of you.You are the worst king we ever had.Now its time for you to go.You have already caused a lot of harm." .Hearing this all the animals of the jungle gathered near the stream.The mighty lion got up in his feet and roared back "Who are you young man? Do you dream of fighting this Knight? ".Our 'just-another character' Nishu replied fiercely "Yes.We don't want to live under you.You kill other animals for fun.This is not the way our jungle is supposed to be.We are born to live together peacefully.Yes you have the right to eat other animals.But according to our treaty every day we serve you with 2 animals.Even then you hunt and kill more animals.Why are you doing this you coward? " Hearing this the mighty lion jumped near him and shouted to the crowd "Is it so? Do you all think so? Whoever thinks so has the right to come foreword and fight.".But no one came foreword except Nishu.Nishu challenged him for a duel.(No it is not the story of the rabbit showing the king his image in the waters of well and winning the fight.Just read on).During the fight Nishu was badly injured.Seeing his conditions all the other animals begged the lion to rest this fight.But he didn't agree.His Parents and siblings came foreword and told the lion to fight now.Again they all were injured during the fight.And then Nishu who was in a bad condition begged the crowd to differ.He reminded them of the good times and told them to gather all their strength and fight the king as it was now or never.It was the time to free themselves from the corrupt ruler.All they had to was to fight together.There is strength in unity.A wise old turtle sitting near the rock on the top of the mountain ignited the crowd further by reminding them of the past and the bright future.Suddenly a spark of freedom gathered in the crowd and with all their strength they defeated the king and won back their kingdom built on freedom and togetherness.But unfortunately our 'just-another-character' turned out to be a martyr who sacrificed his life for the kingdom.'Unfortunately' as just because of the lazy and 'No one has ever tried that route,then why Should I?''Why me?'' attitude Nishu was sacrificed even though the crowd could have easily saved him and the outcome would have been more brighter.But the crowd was afraid,afraid of the lion,the same way we are afraid of our fears,afraid of being killed,the same way we are of not ending in the right place.All it took was a one dream a small animal had even though he knew it was impossible.But still being in the kingdom full of cowards and mainstream followers he had the guts to believe in his dream.He could have been just another rabbit living,following someone elses' dream and then dying.But he was not,he followed his dream.The points which i want to illustrate upon are basically :
1)Don't be afraid of standing out of the crowd.Yeah,there will be criticizers,people who would say you are a 'fool' to leave out the luxurious life and go for the unknown path.Nishu had everything his family friends,relatives,food and good life but he wanted to achieve his dream.Even he knew what were the possibility of him achieving it and what could be the outcome but still he tried.
2)Follow Your Dream! Don't listen to the people mocking you.They are mocking you for a reason.You are trying to achieve what they could not.Hence,they will always mock you unless you throw the results on their face.
You could draw more conculsions from this story.This solely depends on you and your thinking.Go Ahead,live your dreams!

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"Expectations to Acceptance"

This past week, I've caught myself saying (or at least thinking) something along the lines of “I expected you…”. It wasn’t sitting well as it was coming out of my mouth but since i had papers to finish, i didn’t have the energy or time to explore it further. Somehow, i sensed expectations and acceptance are connected. I asked in my journal: Are expectations undermining acceptance?

Today, i finally took the time for some musing on the question. One of the first things i stumbled on was a note that included a couple of wonderful quotes: “Expect nothing…Experience everything” and “Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.” That resonated. When i was able to let go my expectations of a person, i discovered to my delight that i was able to experience our interactions much more! And I certainly had carried around resentments when they hadn’t met my expectations! And I found a poem by Alice Walker that captured the same sentiment – it starts: “Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.”

Reading & musing a bit more, it became clear that expectations are undermining acceptance. But exactly how do they do that? Plus, aren’t expectations reflecting our needs? I had a need for support that wasn’t being met when my expectation wasn’t fulfilled. I realized quickly that there is a crucial difference: My expectations were tied to a person. My needs are not. I can meet my need for support from anybody, including myself. Sure it would have been nice to get it from the person i was expecting it from but when i didn’t, i could have gone out and met the need differently (instead of getting angry…). And this is where expectations are tied to acceptance as well. When we expect someone to do something for us and they don’t, we tend to demand that they are a different person than they are. Life happens. Things change. And things are usually not as we expect them. Jumping up and down and demanding that things are differently won’t change a thing. We are not accepting reality.

So, this is how expectations undermine acceptance: As long as i have an expectation, i put the onus on the other person, the future, reality or all of the above. I am certainly not in the present. As long as i do that, i do not accept the way things are! And i most assuredly won’t get my needs met because i will not be in a place to ask for support (or whatever needs aren’t met). I will demand that things are as i expected them to be! Letting go of my expectations and accepting the way things are, brings me to a place where i can discover my unmet need(s). Then i can figure out ways (or strategies) to meet that need. And those strategies might be completely different than i had expected…

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