Trends

Dear blog,

Just got me thinking over some inspirational lecture given by my chemistry teacher. It was rather funny how the chemistry lesson became a lesson of life, first starting from the essence of sun light for a particular reaction and then gradually coming to this very thing about life that I’m gonna talk.

I am actually unable to bring out the talk just as he gave but I will try my best to give out some points from what I learned from it and what I’ve been also thinking about this particular matter.

First he asked us

“Why are you taking science?”

No one was actually able to give a proper answer.

“Just because your parents say?”

“Just because all your friends are doing?”

Not to mention my reasons, for they are rather complicated than of the others. Nevertheless, when we take the ordinary ones, what they are basically doing is just “Going after the trend”. Just because he/she does it, I’m also doing it. That tends to be the answer of the most. Not just education based things but of other things as well. It is quite true that we have to move on with the world for unless we are gonna be left behind. But my point is that the people doing exactly what the others are doing just for “The Trend”. The major fault in this act is that we are going to lose our personality while doing this.

Let us take an education based instance like my teacher talked about. One major thing that keeps away a developing country like mine from achieving further development is the narrow thinking of the people that the only available paths in life are to be a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer. All the people are going after this trend. Most of the parents are forcing their children to go for this trend. By this manner, most of the talents and abilities that a person bares get buried in the sands. As a quotation in Buddhism says

“Lovin ekek ek deyakata wei samatha”

(Every one on the earth is capable of something unique apart from the others.)

These talents are not written in a book saying that this person has this talent and that person has that talent. As we move through life we just got to find them. But if we just keep on going after trends and keep on doing things in life because your parents say or your friends are doing or because all in the society accepts then eventually you are going to lose your personality and you are going to become just “One of the others” and be buried after death.

“Be you. Do what your heart takes you to. Eventually you will find success.”

Cheers. :)

-Irosha de Silva