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"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life" - Muhammad Ali


A very inspiring thought from a man who rolled with the punches for a living, how you view life after years of taking blows and celebrating victories do change with time. It is the difference between your present and previous views of the world that defines you.

Our perception of the world when we are young comes from the programming that we get from home. This programming protects us until we are prepared to face the world and experience it first-hand, with our very own sets of biological sensory gizmos. Every experience, good or bad, alters our acquired programming and transforms us into the person we are “meant to be” – our own unique self.

Without disrespect to our parents who so lovingly and patiently ushered us to adulthood, if we are still stuck to the perception that they have programmed us as a child, I believe we have just wasted our years. The learning and the values our parents have taught us should be our ground zero and our moral compass for our own exploration, not the chain that limits our own journey to self-discovery.

The journey to self-discovery is not a blissful road of beautiful scenery. It is mostly a thorny, rocky, dangerous path conceived to break one’s body and spirit. But then again, who said life is about being safe and happy in the confines of your comfort zone? Life is about braving what life brings head-on and rolling with the punches. How one views the world through life’s perennial highs and lows, is the true measure of one’s character.

When you come to the point where you think you have rolled enough, and yet can still sit calmly by the beach, taunt life and say, “Bring it on!!!” with a gentle but confident smile, you know you are living a full life.


 

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