Brighter Side of Darkness

Imagine if you stranded in a dark room. A pitch dark room no trace of light and then suddenly you start noticing the little beeping noise coming from somewhere. Since you can not see it, you try to find the direction from where it is coming and start moving in that direction and keep looking for it till you find it. So in the above scenario the darkness is future and future translates to so many "possibilities". The little beeping noise is "opportunity" which we are trying to find.

Every time I look at future it is never clear. We never know where are we heading? The day I gained my consciousness. I was like an empty canvass. I had no idea who I was, who were those people around me where was I?It was a big question mark. But then after sometime I start recognizing people.And now what I am is because of my past, but what I will be, is still in dark.

Is it good or bad? Nobody knows but the best part about it, is the possibilities are numerous in the future. I am not quoting possibilities with negative or positive connotation. It can be any thing. The possibility of me getting a "Nobel Prize" is there in the future, the possibility of living a normal life is there, The possibility of me getting hammered is there too. So, all sorts of possibilities are floating in the sea of darkness.

Did it ever occur why people hate darkness? Because nobody can see in darkness which translates to not knowing what is hidden in the darkness. It might be good and it might be bad. Same applies for future too. We cannot see it and that is why it is scary. But the best part is we don't know for sure that what is in future is good or bad. The things which seems bad might be actually good or vice-versa.

But the best part about future is the foundation of it is always set in present. So, If somebody says our future in in our hand I think he/she is right. What is present today was future in past. And what we did in past has shaped our present. For example, I was watching "Celebrity Apprentice" last week. Dennis Rodman, the NBA Star, was there as the project manager of men's team. He was so unorganized and arrogant to other team mates. He was drinking constantly for the entire task. In the board room, Donald trump asked him why is he not a team player. He defended himself by saying he did win 5 championships by being a team player. Then Jesse G. James said that it was the past in which he was fabulous and in present he is alcoholic and if he don't take action to stop it now then I am foreseeing a dark future. Which makes sense. We (Whole world) is in such a big recession which is supposedly heading towards depression, is because of bad decisions in past. However, if we act now then there is a chance we can avoid the depression. Future is still dark as always but with the current situation we can predict what might be coming.

As in the Disney flick "Pocahontas" the old tree tell John Smith and Pocahontas that the small ripple in the water can turn into big waves. So, a small initiative for betterment now can be seen come back with many fold advantages in future. It actually applies in every field just think about it.

Cheers
Mragendra