{"id":3371,"date":"2010-06-23T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T04:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:35:13","slug":"coincide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2010\/06\/23\/coincide\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincide"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend of mine, Soubhagya, is an avid photographer, who, despite my best efforts, still shies away from running his own photoblog. So when he asked me to take part in a writing experiment, I thought it would be a relatively painless way of introducing him to blogging, and hopefully, he\u2019ll like it enough to do it on his own. The idea\u2019s pretty simple \u2013 he\u2019s given me a couple of pictures he has shot recently, and wants me to write a few words on each. Here goes<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a>‘The face of money’ is what Soubhagya calls it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s my value? To a politician, I\u2019m a vote that will help him in his quest for power. To my employer, I am a worker who gets paid for the job I do. To the places I eat out in, to the shops I buy things from, I am a source of revenue. To the people who care for me as an individual, these are perhaps not the parameters of calculating their value for me. It\u2019s a different currency. So the question is complete only if I ask \u201cWhat\u2019s my value to \u2026. ?\u201d \u00a0Now, what if I were to pose the question to myself? Do I measure myself by my financial status, or the lack of it? Is it the \u2018Likes\u2019 on Facebook or the followers on Twitter? Or is it by the number of lives I have touched, in one way or another? Is it a combination? Is it what I deem as my potential? How much is that dependent on externalities? And doesn\u2019t that change with time? Which brings me to..<\/p>\n

\"Burnt<\/a> ‘Burnt Out’<\/p>\n

Purpose. I have always been interested in the purpose of our lives. All life forms in general, and of course, specifically us, humans. Generally, at different stages in life, we get stuck with different routines, sometimes by choice, sometimes not \u2013 school, college, work and so on. There is a short term purpose to it all, so we rarely look for something beyond. By my definition, \u2018purpose\u2019 gives a meaning to what we do, something beyond the money that it brings in, something that really makes us happy just by doing it, as though we are destined to do it. One could rationalise and say that the money then becomes a tool to \u2018buy\u2019 the things that give happiness, but that’s arguable.. We prioritise according to our baggage, some are okay with trading an amazing weekend and regular holidays for mind numbing work, some wouldn\u2019t be able to manage it at all, and there are tons of options in between. The candle reminds me of the passion that we bring into what we do, and I believe that depends on our approach to \u2018purpose\u2019. Burn brightly or be a shallow flame? In both cases, there is a finite lifetime in which it has to be done. For me, even the task of finding a purpose is a tough one. Whichever way one sees it, there is always the possibility of a burnout. Such is life. So burn you must, and light up the place as much as you can. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

until next time, wax eloquent \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

PS: Now split \u2018coin-cide\u2019 and you might figure out a new possibility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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