Few days back someone asked me a question "What would you draw if you have a clean sheet of paper?" This was like a shot to my brain and felt as if I was placed in some unknown planet with no boundaries. It felt like zero gravity! Felt like freedom granted before I was well prepared for it. I wondered how much the mind gets wired and life gets single tracked with daily chores and a "well-planned" life . I suddenly felt the excitement of re-writing my story with just this simple question.Well the answer to above is still being processed but it made me think what exactly drifted me away from this freedom? If I was a kid and was given a clean sheet what would I draw? What comes first in my mind, directly pumped from heart?
Looking back, I realized that there were very few instances in life when a clean sheet was ever provided. It has been mostly about connecting the dots.
To begin with, a prescribed education system and learning within boundary, learning to just be a shining star in school rather than truly enriching knowledge. Then get into best college that can give the best job, maybe from top 10 colleges of the country, a prescribed professional turn. When in job, comes time of prescribed task, prescribed priority and prescribed red carpet carrier path.Whoa! I never realized my life was so prescribed!
Well,I agree it's just easy to build this blame list and there have been examples where there have been outstanding individuals from the same system. So, I do diligently take part of blame to me. What I am trying to get at is, it's very important to ask such questions to oneself. These open ended questions can at times blow up mind and open up new channels.
It's wonderful to be in zero gravity so grab this opportunity and color your "clean sheet".
