Issue 9 | 13 Jan. 2007

Heavy Harvest - No Firm Root

By Ajit Kaikini

Quick yielding varieties ? that is what all the rage is about! Instant noodles, we would like every thing right now. Everyone is on the move, reaching for the moon! Would we not like to get the best without having to wait?

 Today's children are brighter! The genes, from their more educated parents make learning easier. However, this seems to have cut the fuses closer! There is no maturing time to spare nowadays. Everyone wants to experience everything immediately.

 Can you blame them if they have no patience? They are like butterflies in search of the sweetest and biggest flowers! The youth are caught up in this mad whirlpool! Comparison all the time, many do not know what they are good at; neither do many spare the time to become good at what they have.

 Hop, skip and jump! From one job to another, many are always on the lookout for where the fruits are bigger. Finally, they have only the fruit but the tree has perished! They lack the experience, which is normally looked for at that age. They are burnt out before their time; chasing rainbows where there were none!

 It is like a tree, which has changed 6 places for a better ground.  The heavy fruits it has now got are good but the roots are not firm as it never got the right time to settle down.  Don't we have many so called ? successful? people with large bank balances and homes but with an imbalanced life?  Being successful without being faithful to oneself and people around us is short lived!  It is a pain.

 The roots was never given a chance to hold on is  slowly, the tree will fall!

To nurture for a happier future, pay attention to your roots!

(Ajit Kaikini is Director - Growth and Corporate Training, Buoyancee and a motivational speaker. who inspires his audience to Better their Best!

You can mail him at buoyancee@eth.net.)