Reaching There

Inspiration for this Post I recently watched a movie called Serpico, starring Al Pacino and directed by Sidney Lumet. It had a very interesting scene where Al Pacino's character, called Serpico meets, a bunch of people in a party. The commonality between all the people he meets is that they are doing something else and they want to be something else. Al Pacino's character says " How come all your friends are  on their way to being somebody else? I'll let you ponder and find a meaning for yourself in these lines (I do recommend the movie if you're a fan of Al Pacino or Sidney Lumet).  However my post isn't about the movie or trying to be somebody else.   It is about the confusion I was in for a long time when I believed - "I wanted to be a .....". I can probably fill in tens (if not hundreds) of words in there. Each and everyone of us can fill words that describe our goals, wishes, desires or simply a random thought that came into...

The number quality that is a favorite among major business leaders , spiritual leaders and women looking for life partners is humility. It is a quality that arms you with overwhelming sense of strength and peace. Or it could leave you completely in shambles because it tends to open up parts of your mind that weren't so receptive to all the bullshit that goes around in the world. It is a tricky emotion to reside in your mind. Like any other emotion, say happiness, sadness, guilt, pride or indifference it shapes your personality and defines the core of your existence. This leaves an interesting question - whether I can fake humility? I can fake happiness, for sure. For example, when I meet an unpleasant person but I have to act as per the societal requirements that dictate that I be pleasant to this person. I act with a smile on my face. There are other examples, when you're in a group and you've to pretend you're enjoying the pleasantries, you fake hap...