The deal about having an opinion is that you are somebody who is unable to control your mind. It is a vague kind of obsessive compulsive disorder under which you have to give a thought to each and every thing or moment that passes by or that you pass by. A highly time consuming habit that makes it very difficult for you to take out time for the actual work that you are supposed to be doing. So basically you are mentally occupied 24x7. As a result you are exhausted by the end of the day but without being really productive.
Now productivity can be very subjective. I might say that giving a deep thought to everything you come across makes you a wiser person which is productivity of the highest order. (Right?) But then you are definitely not wise if you think you are wise. What other people think doesn’t matter anyway. So it is a never ending race towards nothing.
I think having an opinion is a must. It is very important to have an original authentic thought about everything. Atleast every thought that is a precursor to your actions has to be an original thought. Otherwise what is the purpose of living if you are living based on what others think; without applying your own mind you are no better than a puppet.
I imagine, this world would have been an easier place if decisions were taken based on logic and mathematical formulas. An equation or a formula should have been there for every phenomenon of this world to exist. Mathematics never goes wrong; there are zero clashes. But now that the creator of this world was not logical enough to make a straightforward equation for every problem of this world and gave us each a mind of our own, we might as well stop being lazy and start using our own personal head (atleast about the ground rules for our own life).
Apart from all this, I feel taking time out to talk to oneself is a dying art. I strongly feel that all the mess in this world is because people do not take out time for themselves. The social degradation started when people stopped thinking about the world. Then slowly they stopped thinking about their society, then their neighborhood and then their range of care constricted only to their family. Now the time is slowly heading to a point where a person is not even thinking about himself anymore. All we are thinking about nowadays is about day to day needs or necessities or luxuries. We spend our lives planning for a smooth life and end up smoothly spending our lives.
From experience I can confidently state that it is possible to spend your life without talking to oneself. But when you start talking to oneself you discover a person you didn’t know existed. A person who has always been there and will always be there within you. He grows with you and teaches you more than anybody you meet can. Conversations make you grow. Conversations with others and your day to day experiences should lead to a conversation with yourself, that will lead you to forming an opinion which will further guide your decisions and thus you will become your own guide.
Yes there will be clashes and there will be people who disagree with your opinion. Maybe they are right and you are wrong. It is not possible for us to be right always. After all we are only human! But this should not mean that we should just save ourselves from the trouble of forming an opinion. The fear of rejection or the embarrassment of being wrong should not stop us from thinking. We only need to be flexible. Be open to the idea that you might be wrong. Have an opinion but be ready to accept a change in your opinion when time proves you wrong.
Why get hurt in the dark when you have the option of turning on the light? If time comes when a brighter light shows you the flaw in what you think you saw previously, believe in the reality you see now and change your perception that was based on what you saw in a dimmer light.
Atleast that is what my opinion is about having an opinion. I say, better have a well-filtered-thought guided life than not have a thought at all. Finding your own way is always better than letting somebody grab your hand and take you wherever they want to. Isn’t it?
Now productivity can be very subjective. I might say that giving a deep thought to everything you come across makes you a wiser person which is productivity of the highest order. (Right?) But then you are definitely not wise if you think you are wise. What other people think doesn’t matter anyway. So it is a never ending race towards nothing.
I think having an opinion is a must. It is very important to have an original authentic thought about everything. Atleast every thought that is a precursor to your actions has to be an original thought. Otherwise what is the purpose of living if you are living based on what others think; without applying your own mind you are no better than a puppet.
I imagine, this world would have been an easier place if decisions were taken based on logic and mathematical formulas. An equation or a formula should have been there for every phenomenon of this world to exist. Mathematics never goes wrong; there are zero clashes. But now that the creator of this world was not logical enough to make a straightforward equation for every problem of this world and gave us each a mind of our own, we might as well stop being lazy and start using our own personal head (atleast about the ground rules for our own life).
Apart from all this, I feel taking time out to talk to oneself is a dying art. I strongly feel that all the mess in this world is because people do not take out time for themselves. The social degradation started when people stopped thinking about the world. Then slowly they stopped thinking about their society, then their neighborhood and then their range of care constricted only to their family. Now the time is slowly heading to a point where a person is not even thinking about himself anymore. All we are thinking about nowadays is about day to day needs or necessities or luxuries. We spend our lives planning for a smooth life and end up smoothly spending our lives.
From experience I can confidently state that it is possible to spend your life without talking to oneself. But when you start talking to oneself you discover a person you didn’t know existed. A person who has always been there and will always be there within you. He grows with you and teaches you more than anybody you meet can. Conversations make you grow. Conversations with others and your day to day experiences should lead to a conversation with yourself, that will lead you to forming an opinion which will further guide your decisions and thus you will become your own guide.
Yes there will be clashes and there will be people who disagree with your opinion. Maybe they are right and you are wrong. It is not possible for us to be right always. After all we are only human! But this should not mean that we should just save ourselves from the trouble of forming an opinion. The fear of rejection or the embarrassment of being wrong should not stop us from thinking. We only need to be flexible. Be open to the idea that you might be wrong. Have an opinion but be ready to accept a change in your opinion when time proves you wrong.
Why get hurt in the dark when you have the option of turning on the light? If time comes when a brighter light shows you the flaw in what you think you saw previously, believe in the reality you see now and change your perception that was based on what you saw in a dimmer light.
Atleast that is what my opinion is about having an opinion. I say, better have a well-filtered-thought guided life than not have a thought at all. Finding your own way is always better than letting somebody grab your hand and take you wherever they want to. Isn’t it?
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