RSD's way of life!

Every field has a person , who inspite of not being in prime limelight influences the result and the future direction of that field.
I would say what Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was to Indian freedom struggle, Bhishma Pitamah to Mahabharta , A.P.J Abdul Kalam to science and Technology, Rahul Dravid is to Indian Cricket and sports. All of these are not the main character in their respective plays but ones to whom you would respect long after they are gone not only for their skills but for their attitude in handling the tasks at hand.  

I remember my Professor at Indian Institute of Science comparing Database subject with Rahul Dravid innings . Truly, it seems boring to trespassers but an example of concrete building foundation without which no institution/team can stand. When Cricket was changing its gears from its bastion Mumbai to all corners of the country, these guys emerged in 90's who worked day and night and proved that success is 99% perspiration , nothing else. From his Ranji days to his epitome in International Cricket, this guy stick to ethics and putting his head down. Above all, his attitude to concentrate on his game and working for the team be it wicket keeping, fielding or any position to bat on, he kept team above himself in all situations. I remember him being dropped from ODI team, instead of making any hue and cry in media for the same, this guy kept himself with cricket playing in domestic matches. Every body knows Rahul's cricketing heroics and how he has earned the  sobriquets of WALL, Sankat Mochan or Mr. Dependable in team but he is the one who is admired not only for his cricketing skills but how he has build and sustained all that.

A small peep into his personal life came from the article from his wife Vijeeta soon after his retirement. It was not a word of praise but a look from the eyes of soulmate. Be it separating his field affairs from his family life, or his discipline in meditating (which is essential in today's distracting world), he is a paragon of perfection in professionalism and an example to look at, for the corporate world. C.L.R James once mentioned " What do they know of cricket, who only cricket knows". Truly, this St. Joseph commerce graduate is the one who is known beyond cricketing circles for his speech and ethics.  I sometimes wonder, would Rahul have earned  same accolades if he had chosen some other field , but i believe the answer to that lies in great teacher S.Radhakrishnan' saying ," Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn , even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom".

If life gives you lemons, make a lemonade !

 
I wonder if I am going to write this as a motivational post  This brings me to the first point how much a motivational post or speech or chat help anybody.  I have given and taken many a motivational talks and chats with family and friends , but they seem to have a small hangover of a beer bottle for a time being which rather than pulling you out of ditch gives you a feeling of temporary happiness. Hence, I certainly don't want to make it a motivational blog post . I don't know it is an easy task or not but will certainly try for that aim. The other reason I want to write this is , so that I can read it myself again and again.

Hence, coming to main topic of Lemons and Lemonade. Lets ask ourselves a simple question, if you have got lemons what you would do ? Yes, this could be a perfect question for judging a thought process/ creativity of an MBA interviewee where they ask what are the five uses of a pen cap or something. But what you would do, if you got Lemons . Yes, if I get to my tenth class science exhibition, it tells you , you can produce electricity from lemons but that is is only for exhibition or unless you are a Volta and that is not you won't end up using lemons for.  The idea is simple , you will make a lemonade like something where what you have got (lemons) , you would be using it as chief ingredients. 

The same is true of Life , we don't mix up things what we have got and we end up using our present life as salads for the yet to be arrived main course. We contemplate about how all these things or persons around us are better or not better than our past or future , than taking a full advantage of things at hand. When we go to restaurant, we may come back after some beverage/coffee which feels like a complete visit but if we end up having only salads in restaurant , does it makes sense?  Ask yourselves twice. 

It is as simple as that , if you can think of something very simple in this case why not make life simple instead of thinking about too many ifs and buts ! This may seem strange to a lot of people who know me and they can directly point out - Look who is talking ? but yes i want to make it for me as the first reader.
And one more thing to remember is no motivational blog or post can change these things for you, you are the creator of your fate, and the permanent change can only be through you, nobody else.

So what I am and you are waiting for , Enjoy the lemonade now forgetting everything !