Breaking the Hiatus

Very few of you reading this but that doesn't mean I belittle this post. I am back from a very long hiatus on this blog; no melodramatic explanation. Given the situation, we have dumped a lot of platitudes on social media. Yet, I share this musing in the hope that it may incite a little passion in you.

What follows is a note I wrote to myself on 13/11/2020.

It is a time that precedes an arduous journey that changed my life in the most beautiful way possible; ironically, amidst a ravaging pandemic.

At the time, I was just venting my thoughts (read: scribbling on my diary). But as I read it today, it strengthens my belief that:

All the motivation we need can be produced intrinsically.

"I am sitting on the terrace of my workplace, uncertain of what lies ahead. The past is set in stone but the future can be anything. It is ripe with possibilities. So here I am, torn between the thought of success and actually succeeding. I find it hard to do the latter. In fact, almost everyone does. The former is easier; fantasizing about the possibility of success. But, it doesn't yield anything.

It is fun to romanticize how everything should fall into place but the truth is that success in the world requires sheer commitment and focus. The potential pain of not succeeding should feel so acute that there is no option for you but to burst into action.

Such an action is a success in itself. Externally, success will definitely follow.

Trust me; there's no way it cannot."