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Monday, December 15, 2008

Be who you are


No human being is perfect though it is said that practice makes a man perfect. Every human being is different and distinct in an own way. No two human beings can be same both mentally and physically. Every human being has a distinct feature. The way a person act, work, think and react is some how different from others though there are still some sorts of commonalities among human beings. Hence, every single person on this planet is unique and dissimilar in an individual way. That may be the reason one can not be the replica of another person completely. It is natural that people become impressed from their significant others. However, how hard might a person wish to be the same person as the significant others, those dreams can never be fulfilled entirely. These might be easily possible in fairy tales and some fiction stories but not in reality.
I always dream of having some virtues which my friends possess. To make it come true, I tried many times and also, gave up repeatedly. Sometimes, I become green-eyed not having such desirable qualities with me. I wonder and ponder why I do not possess that excellence for what my friends are bestowed with. I had so many of friends who were really good at memorizing all the questions and answers from top to bottom without even missing a single word though it is not practical all the time. I happened to feel bad when I could not learn by heart like them for the exams. I used to be disappointed and frustrated many more times not having memory power like my friends. I was the only person whose exam answers used to be completely different from the class mates since I always tried to write the answers in my own way. During my school time, I was compelled to believe that the more you are good at memorizing, the more you are good at your study. But I still remember one of my teachers suggesting me to keep it up in writing answers in my own way being creative and constructive. He encouraged me not to learn by heart like my friends and suggested me to keep doing what I had been doing. Since then I completely gave up memorizing the text answers line by line and word by word. Instead, I focused in understanding the contexts which was encouraged by my teachers.
Every coin has two sides. The habit of ignoring the practice of memorizing the notes in the past left me far behind. I lose my patience whenever I have to memorize something especially during the exam time. I become so nervous that I can not even memorize few lines though I can make sense of the context. This side effect can be noticed with me specially when I sit down with my friends and start singing. Unless I look at the lyrics, I can not sing a complete song since I can not remember the lyrics of any song except few songs. I feel myself like dumb especially when I am with “Antakshari” group though I enjoy being a part of such amusing group. Similarly, I always have hard time in remembering the names of the movies and filmy characters and it does not really matter even if I have watched the same movie over and over. In addition to this, I am also worst in recalling the title songs and name of the artists.
So far, it has not been a real problem in my career and personal life for being absent minded in context to the songs and movies. What ever my friends are attributed with and what ever my weakness is, the fact is that I can not be the person who I am not. Therefore, I enjoy being who I am since it is not worth wasting time regretting for what one does not have.

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