tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post4443227700526328110..comments2024-02-21T14:35:34.003+05:30Comments on randomthoughts: LIFE - IS IT ALL ABOUT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!?J P Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-88638519781597756342009-12-24T08:15:38.610+05:302009-12-24T08:15:38.610+05:30Nilu: Thank you for your comment. Agree with you w...Nilu: Thank you for your comment. Agree with you wholeheartedly, having been through this myself, that "one does tend to become know-it-all once one has tasted success in any aspect of life. And espeically, I've seen this in many middle-aged men and women". Probably it is by design in the grand scheme of things. Success and humility come together to very few like Dr APJ Kalam.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-68150671655369519512009-12-24T08:12:24.013+05:302009-12-24T08:12:24.013+05:30Balvinder: Thank you for your comment. Agree with ...Balvinder: Thank you for your comment. Agree with you that class room education is to expand the brain. Experiences add to this expansion. However, unfortunately somewhere down the line the EGO also starts to expand, and that is the worst part of being human, I believe.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-36529870788876515282009-12-23T12:04:19.731+05:302009-12-23T12:04:19.731+05:30Really nice post! I agree that one does tend to be...Really nice post! I agree that one does tend to become know-it-all once one has tasted success in any aspect of life. And espeically, I've seen this in many middle-aged men and women. Hence it was all the more heartening to see it being told by a man of your years:)Niluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881009190943901923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-4193023459233001042009-12-19T17:07:52.026+05:302009-12-19T17:07:52.026+05:30very comprehensive analysis of quest of life.
Ye...very comprehensive analysis of quest of life.<br /><br /> Yes JP it happens that what we learn in our class rooms has no relevance to what we do later in life. I think our initial learning is only to stimulate our brain to increase its capacity to learn more. In our practical day to day life, though our experience comes handy but sometimes one feels that each day brings new questions and new challenges.<br /><br />Very interesting account of your journey through life. Thanks for sharing.Balvinder Ballihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040171846198252874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-60847554873900311592009-11-20T11:19:05.638+05:302009-11-20T11:19:05.638+05:30human being: Don't know the answer, not sure, ...human being: Don't know the answer, not sure, yet!!J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-17568906552680603712009-11-17T20:52:12.220+05:302009-11-17T20:52:12.220+05:30exactly!
and that's why we search more...
and...exactly!<br />and that's why we search more...<br /><br />and yes this journey is in a way endless... so much the better!<br />what if we reach the end?<br />we get bored, eh?<br />:Dhuman beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-85864622741617560302009-11-17T20:47:59.787+05:302009-11-17T20:47:59.787+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-44948373087839004062009-11-17T20:41:33.596+05:302009-11-17T20:41:33.596+05:30"each question is a quest", I too fell t..."each question is a quest", I too fell that but then the quest seems endless... the more you think you know, you come to realise how little you know.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-55636264483461872242009-11-13T16:38:51.494+05:302009-11-13T16:38:51.494+05:30the journey is more important than the destination...the journey is more important than the destination<br />and the question than the answer<br /><br />and<br />each question is a quest...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-75560320492661470122009-11-13T16:37:50.730+05:302009-11-13T16:37:50.730+05:30the journey is more important than the destination...the journey is more important than the destination<br />and the question than the answer<br /><br />and<br />each question is a quest...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-80708887451278256362009-11-13T09:20:36.614+05:302009-11-13T09:20:36.614+05:30Joseph: Thank you for your very considered comment...Joseph: Thank you for your very considered comment. I enjoy reading the views of everyone but more so of people of around my generation - you add to my experience. Thank you.<br /><br />You are so right about childhood. My granddaughter is 13 months and we are witness to her small little and happy world. Small things like peek-a-boo can tire us but it never tires her throughout the day.. and she can smile, no laugh, everytime after she does a peekaboo from behind her pudgy fingers. Yes, children are divine.. agree with you wholeheartedly.<br /><br />Doing the R-Day parade in Delhi is always an honour for anyone, and specially for an NCC cadet. Did you enjoy the cold nippy mornings of Delhi and the company of people totally different from you, who come from all parts of our great land. I believe that is the best part of participating in the RD parade... my friends from the NCC tell me that. I did not know about the NCC fiasco in TN. <br /><br />Yes, changes in technology have a profound effect on older people. I believe, it is partly because their thoughts are elsewhere.. they are reaching that part of the journey of life, where there are many other vital questions that need to be answered.<br /><br />Thank you, and a nice day to you too.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-39689814846240891882009-11-10T21:36:21.574+05:302009-11-10T21:36:21.574+05:30Hi JPJ:)
Very interesting post and a deep study o...Hi JPJ:)<br /><br />Very interesting post and a deep study of human nature. You really have spent considerable time and thought on the subject. It was a very logical conclusion to say that you had questions in the beginning, answers in the middle and now you have come to questions again.<br /><br />It is very true that life is a full circle. <br /><br />As I was reading through your well researched post presented in a step by step progression of ideas and experiences, several thoughts came to my mind. They are just random thoughts and may not be connected with what you wrote but still they flashed in my mind.<br /><br />Children have a divine spark in them and they are inquisitive, fearless, and many things which we take for granted give them immense joy and happiness. But as they grow up into adulthood Mother nature offers them too many temptations and they lose that divine spark in them. As a result simple things which gave them great joy, thrill and happiness has no attraction at all for them. Perhaps this could be a reason why you had no questions in your middle age. I am just guessing:)<br /><br />I was thrilled to read that you participated in the fly past on 26th Jan. I took part in the march past on 26th Jan. 1968 an a NCC cadet representing Madras and Pondicherry and we won the banner that year. We marched from Raj Bhavan to Red fort with a rifle. When I cam back to Chennai after the parade I found to my dismay that the Tamilnadu Govt. was against the imposition of Hindi in Tamilnadu and therefore NCC was abandoned in the State. I was very disappointed because I had a chance of participating in the combined army camp, mountain climbing etc.<br /><br />The world is changing at a very rapid rate and I am amazed to see small children playing with laptops. In my younger days I still remember that a group of about ten or fifteen boys including me stood around a transister radio with our mouth open wondering from where the music was coming. The world has totally transformed now and many things which I considered as novelty in my young days have become obsolete now. This reminds of the four annas you were talking about.<br /><br />Now as we grow older, we find technology is making rapid advances in all spheres of activity and we find it extremely difficult to cope up and sometimes we are perplexed at the many new things that are being introduced every day. In fact like Alice in Wonderland we have to run faster and faster to remain in the same place. Many questions crop up in our mind and our capacity to absorb information gets diminished. The great Bernard Shaw said that as he grew older he found it extremely difficult to understand things and it took longer time and greater efforts to grasp things when compared to the days when he was young.<br /><br />Well, I must admit that your post is wonderful, thought provoking and the presentation is well crafted. It is indeed an eye opener for me.<br /><br />Have a nice day JPJ<br />JosephJoseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.com