While reading Walter Issacson's book "Steve Jobs", of the many things that touched me deeply about Steve's life, his quote 'the journey is the reward' happened to be one of them.
Apparently, this koanlike maxim adorned a chart at Apple's workplace to motivate Apple's Mac team, which as Steve, was on an exalted mission. Yet another one of Steve's popular maxims was 'It's better to be a pirate than to join the navy, which exhorted his team to have a rebel spirit and a renegade feeling, so that they would get things moving fast.
Taking these words literally, the Mac team would often refer to themselves as 'the pirates'. Hence, it came as a little surprise, when they paid for a billboard on the road to Apple's headquarters on Steve's birthday (24th February) that read 'Happy 28th Steve. The Journey is the Reward ---The Pirates.'
Come to think of it, life is nothing but a journey from birth to death. In fact, you don't want to reach the ultimate destination. You want the journey to be pleasurable and last as long as it can. So, you are not walking or running towards a finishing line, though you may be under the false impression that you are chasing some goal, because its alternative, stopping, literally scares you.
In this journey, the beginning and end are certain to happen. What happens in between is left to each one of us. Whatever pleasure we derive from this act has to come from within ourselves.
So, how do we navigate this journey so that it really turns out to be our 'reward,' when the end comes, with or without notice?
Focus on the present
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The purpose and values of this concept
स्मार्टफोन - एक जिनी
हर साधारण शख्स अपने आप को एक्स्ट्रा ऑर्डिनरी मानता है ह स्मार्टफोन हाथ में लेकर अपने आप को कूल, वेरी कूल समझता है अब कोई भी इंसान ऐरा गैरा नथ्थू खैर नहीं कच्चा बादाम, कच्चा बादाम गाकर मूंगफली वाला भी प्रसिद्ध हो रहा है।
भरोसा उसी पर जो तर्क में खरा उतरे
तमाम विचारों पर संदेह करें, लेकिन इसको अपनी आदत न बनाएं, क्योंकि संदेह लोगों को अलग कर देता है, यह एक ऐसा जहर है जो मित्रता और हमारे जीवन के सुखद संबंधों को भी खत्म कर सकता है - गौतम बुद्ध
Gratitude
The best things in life are free
To Err is Human; and to Course Correct is also Human
Not to go wrong once in a while means not to go at all
वृक्ष हमें सिखाते जीवन दर्शन
संयोगवश एक छोटा सा बीज धरती में पनाह लेता है, धरा भी उसे अपनी ममतामयी गोद में हौले से समेट लेती है, धीरे-धीरे उपयुक्त माहौल पाकर बीज अपनी जड़ें ज़मीन में फैलाकर अपनी पकड़ मजबूत कर लेता है।
When Life Throws You Attitude, Keep Cool
Upeksha in action
मैं कौन हूँ ?
हमें स्वयं को जानने के लिये खुद पर कड़ी नज़र डालनी होगी और कुछ समय निकालना होगा।
From Reaction to Action
A little step every day goes a long way
A Tribute to Dr Jayadeva Yogendra
An exceptional Yogi
