Journey

It's not WHAT you see but HOW you see it - understand the difference !!

Monday, 8 December 2014

Majboori ka naam Mahatma Gandhi

Today was a day of hour long discussions and after an hour long chat on my love for my hometown and my dislike for Mumbai I ended up discussing something more important, something more deep which was - Majboori Vs Adjustment. The person I was talking to is a person I deeply respect and feel intimidated by at the same time. 



I was adamantly discussing about Majbooriyan i.e  Compulsion which literally means an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes. I believe a lot of the things we do in life are nothing more than majboori, like it or not you gotta do it as there is no other way out.  I do a lot of things , for the sake of doing them.... I call it adjustment but this person told me, no there is a huge difference between adjustment and majboori. Majboori he says is something you are doing with a negative approach towards it and you desperately wait for it to conclude and do away with it while when you  adjust you change yourself, you alter your needs depending on the avilability and atmosphere and then mould yourself accordingly with a hope and urge for the things to get better.

Google defines adjustment as a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result. He said, Adjustment is more about patience and positivity while Majboori is about impatience and negativity.

 I was surprised to listen to his words. Such simple words yet so meaningful. His words have left a great impact on my personal approach towards life. All along I thought I was good at adjusting to situations and that I have been adjusting to things all the time but  Noooooooooooooooooooooo....... 

I have always considered things and situations a majboori , DESPERATELY waiting to get rid of them.... however, adjustment tells you to accept things and work towards their improvement. 

Life after all is all about adjustments and learning how to adjust.

I have come to conclude that it's your approach towards things that defines whether the task becomes a majboori for you or an adjustment for the greater good



.Aah.... so little did I know about Life......

- M.e.D