One always waits for the perfect moment, the perfect person, the perfect ..., believing as if the options in life are endless. The truth is just the opposite. Nothing is endless except the Universe. Opportunities come in life and go. Some of these get siezed and mostly lay waste. One hesitate to sieze it because it doesn't fit in one's idea of perfection. Then after some time, person realizes that the opportunity was much better than the options available
presently. But nothing could be done now, because time and tide wait for none.
So what should we do? Should we settle down with seemingly imperfect things? The answer is the same that applies to an interviewer. Go with an idea of selection and not rejection. Try to find the merits rather than the demerits. This may help us in being more clear and objective. Remember that ghosts of past haunt like anything. So better make a decision keeping in mind that you shouldn't regret it in future.
Don't let this illusion of perfection deceive you. Learn the art of appreciation. Appreciate what you get.
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It's a tricky thing. We don't accept things in the past thinking that we may regret it in future if things didn't worked out as expected. *expectation is a huge variable here*
And when we actually are in future we regret the past where we feared the future to be something else had we have chosen that option there. It's not that we have changed here, its the expectation. This "dilemma" if I may call it so is the prime reason of one's dis-satisfaction.
Nice post. Keep writing :-)
I like the thought... "One should appreciate what one gets"... but I was thinking the other way round. I think it actually depends upon the person.. the way he thinks, which option gives him more satisfaction i.e. (A) settling for imperfect things or (B) trying (& loosing) for the perfect one and settling for the imperfect one.
If you choose (B), you 'may' loose and finally get something which is not perfect, but still we have 0.5 probability of getting the perfect one... but if you choose (A), definately, you'll have to settle for the imperfect one...
I hope I am not away from what I wanted to say but a famous quote from Gandhi Jee helps me often when I confront such a situation - "Whenever you are confused with two options, choose the bolder one"...
No matter you fail or what, you will always get a deep satisfaction that you acted brave and took the bolder step, something which others may not have opted for...
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