When the mind’s great ability,
to reason, is used erroneously; the repercussions are unthinkable. When this way of thinking becomes habit, the great things are beyond our grasp. This happens when we don’t
find anything worthy, so we try to avoid it by giving excuses or unnecessary
justifications to prove that we are right. Sometimes, we justify our fears by
giving excuses for not doing the work that should be done at any cost. That
does not mean we should use another ability to justify our inabilities. This is
what I was doing when I made a mistake and I couldn’t take a stand for myself
because the odds were against me. The life didn’t knock me down; I knocked
myself down by my own hands. Life wasn’t unfair to me; I was irresponsible.
I was literally discovering
boredom in those days. I was not allowed to do anything about making a dream
into a reality. Because I got 4 backlogs and my parents thought that my dream
was the reason for my distraction. They were right. It was the reason for my pathetic
result. My mind was so creative at that time. When I had to study and clear
those backlogs, it was busy in creating excuses for my irresponsible choice of focusing
on things that didn’t matter at that time over the things that was important at
that time.
I used to think that they
should not form an opinion about me based on the university mark sheet. The
great ones had failed in schools and colleges, yet they were able to achieve something
huge, beyond imagination. I can also do that. Why were they taking it so
seriously? These sheets can’t decide my future. I create it, not the
university. Three college drop-outs are now the most important people in the
field of technology and they are self-made billionaires. I was not thinking about
dropping out from college, I just wanted to do what I love. Why this sheet of
papers will decide my fate?
Actually, they didn’t have problem
with my result; they had problem with my irresponsible nature. They were ready
to give me four months assuming that I had graduated from college. But still, I
was busy in finding the justifications for what I had done. It was of no use.
It was waste of creativity, use of mind for wrong purpose. It took me away from
the right path. The habit of giving justifications is so harmful to man’s character. It yields
nothing, but takes deep down to the place of misery.
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