One Lesson from Each Decade As I Turn 60

April 01, 2020. Today I turn 60.

When I was chalking out plans to celebrate it big, God was laughing at me quietly.

Under the circumstance I thought one way could be to pick up BEST ONE LESSON life offered to me from every decade and share with #linkedinfam and that could be one way to celebrate my reaching here.

So here I am, safe and well, talking to you through these words as my heart overflows with deep gratitude for every member of my family and also my friends who stood by me through thick and thin. Let me share the lessons one by one:

LESSON 1 1960-70

Identifying core values early strengthens one’s inner self and gives direction to “HOW” of living. Daily conversations with my father when I was about 08 got me to define right and wrong in a simple way: Never to harm yourself or any other person even in your thoughts in any way. It gave me a ‘burden-less’ living.

LESSON 2 1970-80

Don’t let your goodness be taken as your weakness by people and use you. Instead of being focused on “getting liked” by those in demand, better to spend time on self-development thro self-discipline, self-control and focus to be the best in what comes naturally to you.

LESSON 3 1980-90 

Whatever be the level of comfort in life, it can simply shift in one day. Life can change in the blink of an eye. Those are the moments when the work you have done on yourself will help you stand tall, confident and get to rebuild yourself. Clarity of the choice will be defining your life ahead.

LESSON 4 1990-00

Persistence, confidence, commitment, passion, hard-work, dedication and devotion are all beautiful terms. Unless you add ‘Strategy’, it works NOT. In pursuit of your goal you may have to be flexible about your values.

LESSON 5 2000-10

Doesn’t matter if you are MOON, if Sun doesn’t like you and stop giving you light, you are nowhere. Very important to develop lasting relationships on a “give and take” principle. Clear and candid. Period.

LESSON 6 2010-20

And if you continue to live with the basic first lesson that I got in early childhood and then what I learned later of being flexible, which I chose not to, as I wanted to pursue what I thought was right, then it is equally true that life slowly and steadily turns magical. For every one person who preys on you to cut your wings, you will find 10 angels willing to share theirs. You will learn LESS IS MORE. And you will find humility holding you tight and taking you through every storm and staying firmly rooted would also mean storms passing through you. Life will just keep flowing and you will be able to create your own small beautiful and happy world.

LESSON NOW:

Whatever you know is only to the extent of how YOU have experienced life. More than that is a perception and an illusion what can also be termed as Your imagined reality

So finally, my lessons are MINE. May not be applicable to all. If even one person is able to relate with them and choose to restart by reconsidering any WHATSs , WHYs and HOWSs, I will be happy.

LAST WORD:

AGE IS NOT A NUMBER! It’s a well-earned gift of experiences.

Best wishes!

RS

#simplySOOD #rameshsood