Sunday, April 27, 2014

Consume ...nah...Create !

We all consume … by
 reading  a book…listening to the radio…browsing the internet…watching the TV…texting with friends…writing on the wall…sharing a link…forwarding useless emails…etc.,  Some of this may be required by the nature of your job/personal circumstance (say 20%) , most of them (80%) consume our all important time adding zero value.

Say for example, you just returned from the office and switched on the TV news channel…there is a debate going on (again useless one!) with the so called intellectual panel speaking all at once resulting in a cacophony…While the news anchor would say “India wants to know”…I don’t know if we know anything at all from these TV debates…

Or take for that matter, the soap operas (sponsored duly by Soap company promising Fairness!) …there is a unusual blaring background indicating an upcoming difficult situation (Tamil cinema calls it a “Knot”)…When I watch for another 5 minutes, the difficult situation is that the “bahu” cooked a different side dish instead of the one referred by mother-in-law! So much for the creativity in Indian television…

I wont even rant here about the internet…facebook…and the social networks…given the time we spend and the value we get

So you may ask , what else to do?...the simple answer is to Create!

Write a page about any topic !
Reproduce a cartoon image using pencil and paper!
Learn to play a nursery rhyme on the Online keyboard!
Sing a song and record your voice !
Try a new dish in the Kitchen !
Sign-up as a Volunteer for an event !
Build a wooden desk for your kid , yourself !
Teach in your neighborhood school !
Learn to play a sport you had never indulged before !
Capture a moment using your Camera !

..And the list is endless !

Create something… I insist the word something !
In a short frame of time , you will hit the sweet spot of creation …you will be amazed to see your creative juice of the Brain at work. You get consumed in the creation instead of being consumed by consuming ….
When you create something , you will feel energized after!
When you create something , you will feel motivated after!
When you create something ,you will start understanding yourself!
When you create something ,you will hit your passion sooner than later !
When you create something, you would have find your Purpose!


Create something everyday !

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