Every time you tell somebody how your age-mates,
college-mates and friends have succeeded in life while you seem stagnant
somebody tells you that it’s “their time” and “your time” will come. But when
will that be?
Time is clearly a funny concept that eludes us the
more we think about it or wait for it. When you wait for time, the wait feels longer
and you tend to race against it, losing more of it.
Time will never care about your plans or wait for
you, your dreams or plans. It goes by, ticking as usual without being fazed by
billions of individuals that are rushing to catch a flight, waiting for a job
promotion, waiting for a special miracle, waiting for the love of their life or
even a moment for them to shine.
Perhaps, with this in mind you will agree that the
worst advice that we have always been given since you were born is to follow your
passion. When you complain about something that you have done for years because
you love doing it but it hasn’t born your desired fruits, you are told, “Follow
your passion.”
This is the worst advice you could get or give
someone. Why? - Because everybody is passionate about one or more things. You
will always love to do something, dream about doing something, or want to do
something with your life. That passion is not worth a dime or nickel.
Think about things that you were passionate about at
some point in your life. Consider passions that made you think of pursuing a
career or establish a company. How comes you did not venture into a career or
start a business out of them?
And, if you actually “followed your passion,” is
passion what really led you to your current success? Is your success fruit of
your passion or effort that you put into what you were doing?
Let’s face it. If you really want to determine your
destiny, you must apply the present time and effort. Time is a valuable, yet
funny concept. But it must have time for you too. Although you might not be
conscious about it, how you use or even don’t use time, it will affect your
future.
However, there will be a moment of clarity. This is
the time when dots connect, events make sense, pain subsides and you feel that
the present moment is your true friend. Time becomes your savior and the much
needed wake-up call after doubts, frustrations and confusion.
This is when you realize that all the moments and
time that you spent waiting for “your time” was an ultimate waste of time. When
even wrong timing favors you by leading you to “your time,” it makes you
appreciate timing while reassuring you that time can’t be controlled even when
odds favor you.
Perhaps, time is just an abstract notion in our
heads. It is basically our conscious perception of it. In fact, time does not
change. Only our experiences change, thereby shaping time.
When having awesome moments, time flies. When
thinking about the future, when meditating or in a contemplative state, time
slows down. When enduring difficult moments, time feels like it lasts forever.
But what’s important is to make sure that time, no
matter how conniving, crazy and evil it seems, has time for us. Time must have
a breakthrough moment for us. It must provide a span when everything is aligned
exactly the way we want so that we can get exactly what we have been waiting
for.
Maybe this is what some people call “their time.” But
remember this, even if “your moment” or “your time” will come, you must embrace
the current time uncertainty for “your time” to come. Do what you can now and
time will take time to shape your life and ultimately lead you to your destiny.
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