Michael Foucault once said, ‘In its Function, The power to punish is not essentially different from curing or educating’.
It is not a misogyny that we, as children do not always approve of the methods that our parents want us to endow with. ‘Discipline’ as a word is often touted as ‘punishment’ or curtailment of liberty that we want to own. During initial days, we tend to have a pale face at the Disciplining principles we are being associated with. Why do we behave contrary to the social objectives that our parents envisage? In this rapid world of sharing emotions in artificial manner, we have tended to forget the utmost principles that can help us inherently. If we want to achieve something, our minds need to align with the neurons projecting the exact mirror image of dreams we wish to pursue. Some of us are trained in a manner to think likewise. Our thinking is narrated according to the expectations our parents have. And in most Indian Families, We are charted with the life goals we should pursue. Our Parents think the best for us, and we want to make it right. Fast forward to the age we tend to decide things for ourselves, our minds become essentially influenced by the environment we associate with. In this rapid world of ‘Digital Society’, we are captured by the orientation that the new society reflects. A person gets affected by the post of others, and sometimes a New Year’s Resolution is made accordingly. That becomes self defeating once our immediate reaction and motivation transitions itself to the back burner and then we eventually continue with our mundane lives. It is often said that after 9 to 5 Job, If you are not working on your passion, It is not that you have achieved everything in life, but you are uninspired to open the window of more possibilities. What keeps you up at night? This is a question that should be aimed to address by each and every one of us. Situations maketh a person. We limit our abilities to the circumstances that have come upfront, and that is where our minds go from proactive to restless and anxious stage. Unless we do not address our life problems in a gradual and steady manner, we cannot really solve the issues in front of us. Every child learns to crawl first, in the process the child hurts their knees and it pains. Those very knees help a child stand later. No child has ever stood directly, everyone falls and cries. And it is not an ipso facto that the child will be picked up by the carers once he/she falls. The Child might not get any help immediately. The child cries a lot and tears down to shreds, but the child gets up and leans on anything that comes across and stands up. The Child’s mind is proactive at that stage. Why will the child think ‘Have i really fallen to a rut?’. We need to embrace the situation of lows in our lives first, then learn to draw a ‘Supply Curve’ of Life that has high positivity and optimism. Our ‘Learning Curve’ of life cannot be that smooth as we think it ought to be. It is the life cycle of highs and lows that makes us. Not the Hashtags or Check-ins. For the Mindset of a Winner, Peace of Mind is not an achilles heel that may lead to a downfall once our health disorients. Winners act like the same way others do, They just act with a blueprint in mind. For those who are feeling down and out, Embrace the phase right now and look for solutions amidst turbulent storms.
Youths, Today is in a disturbed place. Today, As Youths, we should be taking the ownership of Development and Sustainability. We are bound to have storms and rains, Can’t we drench in the storm for a while and learn to swim and sink together?
The solution to your problem is out there, we are afraid to unlock that. It is okay to be afraid, but it is not okay to keep resenting. Find your answer within. What Drives you? What did your parents loved about you? What did your friends tell you are really good and passionate about?
Rekindle the Spirits, Dear Youths. I belong to the same category. Let us take charge of the Optimism to build a better world full of hopes and embellish fruitful happiness, once again.