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Hold On
The sun shines bright when you look at it. You don’t noticethat the sun is powerful enough to light up the places between two hugebuildings. Sure, there is a shadow, but you can see and take a beautifulpicture.
And you take a better picture when you are in the sun, it isfar better than the manual lightning. But the sun is unpredictable so you won’tknow the intensity and its time. So you need to act fast. And although you canmanipulate the things via manual lighting, often it doesn’t allow for suddenexploration.
Control
Snipers are amazing combat people. They are far away, yetthey are responsible for taking important shots. And the best way to be asniper is to keep the target always in scope. And when you are ready, clickbetween your breaths.
But breathing breaks are short. So it becomes difficult.Hence, you need to practice slowing down your breath. And when it slows downenough, you can catch a moment between two breaths, and you go boom.
Words are harsh. And they can be beautiful. Whatever youspeak, doesn’t come back. Either it does the damage or makes something new. Ifa kid is aspiring to become something, your words of encouragement can take herto new levels.
Contrary, if you make her feel small and oppose her ideas,it would be difficult for her to shine. And in many cases, she wouldn’t be ableto fly at all. There is a tribe of people who don’t cut trees when they don’tneed it. Instead, they stand around it and say all the bad things to a tree. Andno wonder, the trees die automatically over a period from that incident.
Extreme
Violence is a drastic step. Unless you are protectingyourself or someone, no other form of violence is justified. And it often doesdamage beyond repair. The physical wounds heal, but the scar remains eitherphysically or emotionally and in some cases both. Anger is an emotion which youcan’t control. It will come to you, but you can control what happens next. Youcan practice meditating the moment you feel the heat. Or you can try eatingchocolate or deep breathing. Getting physical with anyone is never an answer.
Doing anything at a fast pace is exciting. And the world hasbecome fast-paced in almost everything. But when it comes to your emotions,going slow is the answer. Control that thought, think about your actions andwords.
It is easy to slip, so you will. But learn asap andimplement strategies to make things better in future.
Hold on your thoughtHold on your act,Think and then sayThink and then make way.
Remember your words, action and ideas have tremendous power.And so it can destroy many hopes, dreams and instill fear.
Also, it can inspire dreams, give meaning to hopes and makethe fear go away. You have to choose – so let’s choose to make better thingsand have a good impact.