An Assortment of Ideals

What are you doing here? Go read some other article. Do you believe there’s nothing new you can gain from this? Then leave. I won’t repeat this, because what comes after is going to confuse you, and if you don’t feel you’re ready for it, leave.

Hello Rebel,

Hello Curious One,

Hello Master of your Life,

Oh so now you feel proud that you have been labelled these things. Do you ask yourself why? Does it even matter if I give you these titles, and you don’t yourself feel as if though you deserve them? I told you, it’s going to be confusing, but now I urge you to stay. Stay and read on. Read on and see what it is to truly go against the grain and find ideals that may or may not coincide with yours.

The interesting point here is that many have left by now, and you are here as the only reader of this article. So immerse yourself because no one but you will read this from here on.

People usually leave because something they were following has drastically changed its course. The many who left at the point where I said, “read on,” now had no motive to be rebellious, as they did not identify with an immediately contradicting ideal of themselves. The same happens with people, as at one point in your life you are very close to someone and all of a sudden you are not. Why? because you don’t resonate with their ideals anymore, or perhaps they don’t validate yours.

Yes, you want to be more open, you want to let your mind loose and you want the best for yourself.

So let’s begin…with an Assortment of Ideals.

1) You must pursue what you find meaningful.

We live in a time of confusion where our options are plenty but our power of choice is numb. We begin to live out the days creating questions after questions in our mind and do so little about anything. Stop pursuing happiness because it is only a result of something else. But, to pursue what is meaningful is to work on that which truly resonates with you.

This may seem difficult to figure out, but there is a method to solve it. Seek out knowledge by talking to people or researching more. There is no way you will know if something you are doing or about to do is right for you, unless you learn more about it. To seek growth is to seek the knowledge of what growth means to you.

In your quest for meaning, you will encounter knowledge that will confuse you. It is at this time where you must listen to the higher version of yourself. There is always something in your mind that conducts the art of reasoning, which is what sets us apart from the other species. Listen to that reasoning and make your choice immediately. After this point, you have made your decision and you must have complete faith in that decision. What happens when you have complete faith in your decision? The things you desire to be meaningful, become a reality, and happiness finds its way to you.

To seek growth is to seek the knowledge of what growth means to you.

2) “You have to crack an egg to make an omelette” — B.Silva

Here’s a friend I made only 4 months ago, and these were the words he told me when I had to make a very hard decision for myself. There is so much meaning to this besides of course how to make an omelette.

B.Silva tells us the importance of taking a risk, seeing through your choice and making sure you reach the end of what you intended that choice to be. He shows us how we must believe that the best is yet to come. Of course you have heard lines like this from the perceived greater man on the internet. But here is a man you would find living an every day life, making hard choices that may have gone against the beliefs of his family, choices that may leave the ordinary in doubt and decisions that may seem detrimental to his future. Yet, he is always with a smile and never forgets to say, “I will take care of it. ” I believe he will. But more than my belief, he believes. Which is exactly what we all need to do. Once you have cracked that egg, you have already done the hard part, now believe that you can do the rest and go ahead with making that delicious omelette.

3) “Knowledge comes to you when you are ready for it.” — Ak. A. Majeed.

From a person who has been seeking knowledge his whole life, it is truly extra-ordinary for him to believe that some things are meant to be discovered only when one is ready for it.

Have you felt that you don’t know enough? Have you felt as if your peers are doing a lot better than you? But why don’t you think that’s okay? How come you don’t compare yourself with Elon Musk and wonder why your’re not where he is? Perhaps it is because you have created a reality that his level is unattainable and unrealistic to be a comparison with, and you choose to wander in the space of those who you perceive to be in your league.

Stop this, because there’s no point in comparing yourself to a person who is receiving knowledge when they are meant to. Start to be absolutely certain that you will too when it is your time. Till then, run in search of it but be content with yourself at the same time.

Remember, you are reading this because it is only at this point in your life when you are ready for it.

4) “If you take one step forward, then take the next step. Don’t go back.” — M.N.M. Sally.

Today, the idea of motivation has become more of a fallacy than ever before. This may be hard to digest because most of us feel reliant on that extra push, that motivational video, the powerful line from a book, or the the game changing events of people like Tony Robbins. But tell me this, how long does that feeling last? Is it long enough to squeeze in that task that seems impossible in a normal state of mind?

It most certainly is not enough time. All these triggers of motivation were created in the purest of intentions, but it is not motivation that made them, it is the willingness to follow through. Waiting for your mind to have that eureka moment might take longer than you think, and the funniest part is that you know it, and you have resorted to be comfortable with it.

Here’s an ideal from a man who had no time to wait for motivation, he had to keep moving with the struggles of his life. The moment he dwells in his mind waiting for that push, it gives him more reason to wait. Move! Expect nothing in return, delay your gratification in return for achieving something greater in the long run. Motivation stems from the idea of achieving something at the end. But what we must strive for is to be present in the path we are taking, more than it’s destination.

5) “Listen to your mind, and then speak, or don’t.” — Aj. A. Majeed

Everyone seems to have an opinion. But, where has empathy gone to?

The root of all this conflict in opinions have come through the lines of education, an educational system that instigates competition. This competition creates an ideology that you must be the first to say it, be the first to do it, and it’s my way or the highway. People today may have forgotten that it is a normal thing to be wrong, and it does not have to eat away your soul when you are wrong about something. At the very same time, you don’t have to know everything either. When in conversation, the most likeable person is the one who asks the questions of doubt because it gives reason for the conversation to thrive and even better, the relationship to flourish.

This ideal is from a person who hardly speaks as much as all of us, who was perhaps had his life riddled with ridicule because people assumed he didn't know much. But what he holds with him, is the ability to break down a conversation in his mind and choose when he must speak his opinion or never to do so at all. The questions he has asked me because of the things he didn't know, has made both of us wiser and more empathetic towards each other.

I’ll tell you now, the people who live a peaceful life are people with great empathy. They have no intent to force their beliefs on another as they take the time to understand the root of any opinion.

6) “No matter what point you are in your life, always be a good person. There is no greater fulfilment, and there is no greater legacy to leave behind.” — R. Sally.

Explanations can’t do justice to the sheer magnitude of some ideals.

A Message:

There is an array of thoughts, a multitude of choices and so many decisions we need to make. Perhaps the most simplest thing to do is look to the people closest to you.

Out of the 6 ideals mentioned, 5 are from the people in my life. People you may never have heard of, people you may never hear of, but people who are doing things that are remarkable in the stories of their lives.

Your biggest answers are not in the next book, the next video, or the next blog.

It is with you. And that answer will only present itself when you explore the minds of the people closest to you, because it was you who chose to make them such a significant part of your life.