AM I SPECIALIST

                                               SPECIALIST IN MY WAY

                     WITH THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS AND CHOICES AVAILABLE TODAY, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVER BEFORE TO  UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT OU WOULD BE GOOD AT. WE ALL GO THROUGH A LEARING CURVE, EXPERIMENT INITIALLY EITHER KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY, AND SOMEHWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WE REALISE (OR SOMEONE TELLS US) THAT WE ARE AMAZINGLY GOOD AT SOMETHING. BINGO! WE BECOME SPECIALISTS.

                    NO, IT DOES NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY. I WAS JUST KIDDING. WE ALL EVOLVE - WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE ARRIBUTES FROM AN EARLY AGE BUT THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY DECIDE OUR PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISATION OR LIFE - LONG JOURNEY. WE HAVE TO OPEN - MINDED AND PRESENT TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US.

                WE HAVE TO NURTURE OUR INTEREST IN WHAT APPEALS TO US BY OBSERVING, READING, DISCUSSING WITH EXPERTS, ASSOCIATING WITH SPECIALISTS, EXPERIMENTING, PRACTISING, FAILING, AND EVOLVING. IF YOU DO NOT NURTURE YOUR INTEREST IN SOMETHING SPECIFIC, YOU WILL NEVER ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NOR ACQUIRED REQUIRED EXPERTISE FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED AS A SPECIALIST IN THAT FIELD.

                 NOW, DON'T THINK THAT I AM JUST HYPING THINGS UP HERE. A SPECIALIST DOES NOT MEAN A FANCY ACADEMIC, SPORTS CHAMPION, CELEBRITY, POLITICIAN, OR A MASTER CHEF. EVEN NORMAL WORKING PROFESSIONALS CAN BECOME SPECIALISTS IN THEIR FIELD - FOR EXAMPLE, ACCOUNTANTS, STOREKEEPERS, PRODUCTION IN - CHARGE, TEACHERS, NURSES, HAIRDRESSERS, FASHION DESIGNERS, TAILORS, PLUMBERS, CARPENTERS, TECHNICAL SALES CONSULTANTS, TRAINERS, PATHOLOGISTS, ETC. THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

                  DO YOU REALISE THAT ALL THESE PROFESSIONS ARE NOTHING BUT SPECIALISATIONS? THERE ARE UNIQUE GOD-GIFTED TALENTS SOME POSSESS LIKE AN AMAZING SINGING VOICE, MODEL-LIKE LOOKS, ETC. AT ONE POINT OF TIME, THERE WERE CONSIDERED RARE AND THAT NOT EVERYBODY COULD SUCCEED WITHOUT THEM EVEN IF THEY HAD THE WILL AND INCLINATION.

               THI I NOT TRUE ANYMORE. IF YOU HAVE A BURNING DESIRE AND ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, YOU CAN BECOME A POPULAR SINGER OR CELEBRITY EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT GOD-GIFTED VOICE OR LOOKS - WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLE FROM BOLLYWOOOD AND HOLLYWOOD, DON'T WE ?

                HENCE, THE POINT IS - IDENTIFY THE ONE INTEREST OF YOURS THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, AND APPLY ALL THE POSSIBLE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR LEARNING AND ENHANCING YOUR SKILLS IN IT. DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, BE IT BOOKS, CONFERENCES, TRAINING,  SUBSCRIBING TO PERIODICALS, WATCHING VIDEOS, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSOCIATE WITH EXPERTS, READING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF CHAMPIONS IN THE FIELD, ETC. IF YOU REMAIN PERSISTANT AND CONSISTENT IN YOUR EFFORTS, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY REACH YOUR DESTINATION, AND YOU WILL FEEL THE BLISS OF LIFE WITHOUT HAVING TO BECOME A YOGI!

                ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS AND INSTEAD, GO WITH THE FLOW, KEEP CHANGING YOUR WORK,  MOULD YOURSELF TO DO WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY - YOU WILL BECOME A FOLLOWER RATHER THAN LEADING YOUR OWN LIFE. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THAT EITHER, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.

                   HOWEVER, SOONER OR LATER, YOUR INNER SELF WILL START CALLING OUT TO YOU, AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT THE HECK YOU WERE DOING ALL ALONG, WHY YOU WERE DOING IT, AND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT. YOU MAY WORRY ABOUT MISSING SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN LIFE. START DWELLING IN YOUR REGRETS, GO INTO DEPRESSION, AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS NOT CAUSED BY EXTERNAL SITUATIONS OR OTHER PEOPLE, IT IS OF YOUR OWN MAKING, SO, TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE TODAY.

                  LIFE HAS SO MUCH TO EFFORT AND LEARN FROM. IT IS ONLY IF YOU KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BE WILLING TO FAIL, BE WILLING TO LOOK STUPID, AND BE WILLING TO DARE THAT YOU WILL DISCOVER ITS TRUE BEAUTY AND REALISE THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER YOU.

                 I WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR SINCE I WAS A CHILD - I DELAYED IT BY FORTY YEARS. I WANTED TO SWIM SINCE I WAS TEN YEARS OLD - I ACTUALLY STARTED SWIMMING AFTER THE AGE OF THIRTY-FIVE. I WANTED TO COOKE WHEN I WAS IN TENTH STANDARD- I STARTED COOKING WHEN I WAS FORTY - NINE.

                 INFACT, I JOKINGLY TELL MY WIFE THAT I HAD TO CHANGE MY JOB AND LOCATION FOR ME TO FINALLY EXPLORE COOKING! MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK TEN YEARS AGO. I AM FINALLY WRITING IT NOW. BELIEVE ME - IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SATISFYING FEELING.

                AS I WRITE,  I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH WILL BENEFIT THE READERS BUT READING MY OWN WORDS HAS BENEFITED ME. I HOPE THAT ONCE IT TAKES ITS FINAL SHAPE, IT WILL  HELP READERS TOO. EVEN IF ONE READER BENEFITS FROM READING THIS BOOK, EVERY MINUTES INVESTED IN WRITING THIS BOOK AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WENT BEHIND PUBLISHING THE BOOK WILL BE COMPLETELY WORTH IT. 

                        WE ALL DEVELOP OUR OWN CONFORT ZONE, AND WITHOUT KNOWING, WE CREATE BOUNDARIES AND LIMITS FOR OURSELVES. SO MUCH SO THAT WE MUSS OUT ON MANY  THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE FOREVER. CERTAIN THINGS CAN BE APPRECIATED ONLY AFTER WE DO IT OURSELVES. UNTIL THEN, IT IS ONLY THEORY.

                     YOU MUST HAVE TAKEN SMALLER AMUSEMENT RIDES OR VENTURED INTO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LIKE RAPPELING, SCUBA, PARAGLIDING, ETC. AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW DIFFICULT IT SEEMED BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DID IT? BUT, ONCE YOU DID IT, YOU STARTED ENJOYING IT AND THEN BECAME AN EXPERT ON IT TO OTHERS WHO WERE STILL NOT READ FOR IT.

                     SIMILARLY, IN LIFE, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN COMFORT ZONES, AND WE WOULD NORMALLY LIKE TO REMAIN WITHIN OUR DEFINED BOUNDARIES. I INVITE YOU TO BREAK YOURSELF FREE OF THESE SELF-IMPOSED BOUNDARIES YOUR FEAR. BY OVERCOMING FEAR, YOU ARE DESTROYING THAT TOXIC ELEMENT ANXIETY PIECE BY PIECE ADN FREEING YOURSELF PERMANENTLY.

              PLAN THE FUTURE AND LEARN FROM THE PAST BUT NOT AT THE COST OF TODAY. I LIVED THE FIRST FORTY YEARS OF MY LIFE PLANNING TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE AFTER I TURN FORTY, ASSUMING THAT BY THEN, I WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, BE FREE FROM WORK, AND BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER I WANT! I AM AWARE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT - BREAK YOURSELF AWAY FROM THAT THINKING TODAY.

                PLAY A LITTLE MORE, LAUGH A LITTLE MORE, HELP SOMEONE A LITTLE MORE, CARE A LITTLE MORE, FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF A LITTLE MORE, APPRECIATE PEOPLE AROUND YOU A LITTLE MORE AND BE A LITLTLE LESS JUDNEMENTAL OF OTHERS - AND DO THIS EVERY DAY.

                THERE WILL BE TOUGH DAYS, YOU MAY NOT BE IN GREAT HEALTH, YOU MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST OF YOUR MOODS, YOU MAY HAVE HAD A SETBACK, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY MIGHT BE SICK, BUT DO NOT FORGET THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS. NOTHING IS PERMANENT- EMBED THIS CLEARLY IN YOUR MIND.

                   CARRY POSITIVE INTERNAL DIALOGUE ALL THE TIME - I AM BLESSED BY GOD, I AM HERE FOR A PURPOSE, I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED, AND I AM WINNER, THIS INTERNAL DIALOGUE WILL DEFINITELY REFLECT IN YOUR EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR. YOU WILL BE MORE CONFIDENT AND CLEAR IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS, AND YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED BY UNIVERSAL POWERS.

                    THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME WHETHER YOU ARE AWARE OF IT OR NOT LIKE YOUR SHADOW THAT IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY GUIDED BY HIS FORCE. WHILE EXPECTING MORE EACH DAY. DO NOT FORGET TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

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