The Race..!

I haven’t been writing lately. I have no reason why that was, but it was. ‘Reason’ – a very polished (I would prefer using) word. They say everything have to have a reason for it happening. Well really? I sometimes beg to differ. As for example in the corporate world. There are so many instances when you feel, there’s no reason (whatsoever) for somethings to happen. Most cliched, effective example are the managers. You do work, hard work, appraisal time – you get peanuts (not even a peanut sometimes- the ‘reason’? Recession.. economic slow down.. credit crunch..as they put!Is that really a literal ‘reason’ when others in your vicinity do get appraised at that very same time? I dont think so!). People say a saint too will become “that”  when he becomes a manager! I really want to understand this logic. What makes it so? What is the ‘Reason’? The reason which the managers give on not giving the appraisal to people who work and claim is ‘performance not up to the mark’. The fact is those who do not work that much, manage to ‘perform’ well. Thats the reason they get appraised. So strange! Ya? Well.. I had learnt that hard luck is negated by hard work! Only hard work. But that isn’t the apparent case. You need to speak good and speak in the language the manager’s ancestors used. If not, hard what may you work, you wont get appraised. Solution? Dont know.. answer? Dont know.. struggling to find one! Hopefully will get it soon. Anyway, the heading of this article was ‘The Race’. Lets talk about that now!
The Race is always on. You go to school – race for getting good marks, You go to college – Race for getting a good job – You go to office – Race for getting a good appraisal. It goes on.. and on..! Thats so very common and hurting at times. I mean, sometimes I feel did we come to one of the nine planets of the milky way just to keep ‘Racing’? Isn’t there any other thing we’re supposed to do? I ask why? Why should we ‘Race’? Why should we go with the rules of the world? why should we say ‘Yes sir’ most of the times unwillingly to our managers keeping in mind that they’ll appraise us good? What is that defines ‘Success’? Killing one’s inner feelings, instincts, thoughts and doing things or saying things that will fetch (ultimately) money in some way? Is this Success ? Is this what we’ve taken birth for? Is this what we are? No. But the question still remains. What is so ‘conventional’ about these jobs, appraisals etc. anyway? Why is everyone vying for ultimately the same destination? ‘Money’ is the destination. Right? Why? Just to earn a morsel of food basically? Well.. Thats so commonly strange!
I am too a part of this so called ‘Race’. I agree. Totally indeed!
But I know I can’t change the way it is. No one can for that matter. No one wants to I believe. Why would anyone want to be a rebel and change the way of things that harm?? That would require extra ‘instinct’, extra ‘courage’. Who has time to gather these in our lives? Does anyone have these or knows a way to get these? Please let me know! I’ll be grateful to thou. Thoroughly.

Lets Keep going….and racing…!

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