What we take in, decides what we give out. The output is fully dependent on the input. So this means that the output is a direct derivative of the input.
Yet we give out a lot without taking in anything. What do you think would be the output like? Hollow, isn’t it? Confused?
Ok, so let me try and explain this. We see this around us in our day to day lives, people keep talking and discussing most of the time without even knowing the context or the meaning or thinking about what they are speaking. And this is a common phenomenon today. And to worse it all we are being trained to do so. We have grooming schools and MBA courses that teach us how to talk. Have you ever heard of a school or course that teaches us to LISTEN, OBSERVE? I know the answer would be a NO (Please let me know if your answer is otherwise, as I would be very willing to know about any such place).
We miss the most basic of the principles in our lives. Our eyes and ears are the tools that help us see, listen, observe everything around us. Yet we tend to use them the least and use our mouth the most. We brand few as introverts because they don’t give much output. We judge people by the amount of output they give and not by the quality of the same. And yet we say, best feeling are those that can’t be described in words. So are we missing the peak of experiencing best feelings? Why do you think that some men often tend to say something that becomes a proverb or a rule of life? I think it’s because they have seen, observed a lot around them and then they analyzed that and shared their thought. What happens when we have a lot of data points and we analyze that : an accurate output (simple principle of statistics). So, whatever these men say becomes an eternal truth of the world.
Since childhood we hear stories and tales that people left their homes and their societies and went to hills, jungles and came back as great, wise men. What divine thing blesses them? Is there some magical tree in the jungle? Or some gods live on the top of the chilling mountain? In my opinion, it’s the silence and solitude that teaches these men to observe things and hence they tend to become great and wise. We should spend more time to observe, analyze and introspect than to express. It gives depth and strength to your thoughts and you are able to express in more appropriate way.
It’s better to say a sentence and mean a world, than to say a world and mean nothing!!!
