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Experience: A valuable possession

 

                              View of Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, Japan

For much of our life, we pay significant efforts in excelling in our careers, building relationships, making good friends, having good teachers, being good students and make good relations. I believe having all of them is a great blessing, but unfortunately, all of us are not so lucky or well-deserved to have them all. Working for them has always been difficult for everyone; sometimes, we may give up.  But, whether we succeed or fail, we keep accumulating an important thing during our journey, it is called an "experience". For every individual, it is different, and mine is unique too. 

            As I grew old, I discovered that "experience" is my most valuable possession. It may be filled with happiness, sadness, struggle, or whatever. It is an experience that makes me think about stuff I haven't ever thought about. My direct experiences might be limited to people and the situations I encountered, but indirect experiences are pretty broad. My friends and peers have always taught me something new that assisted me in developing personally and as well as professionally. 

            I also noticed that, as we move forward, we may face competition or opponents (person or situations), which might generate obstacles between us and our journey. Our mind may be completely blocked, with too many negative thoughts and emotions, and coming out of it and moving forward isn't that easy. I suppose "experiences", whether it's our own or of others, can help us to move forward and navigate in life. I believe taking everything as an experience in life gives us an excellent way to handle situations, at the same time, it makes us very selective so that we are not distracted.  


PS: It is my personal view based on my experience. It may differ from others.


Translated to Nepali:

अनुभव: एक बहुमूल्य सम्पत्ति


हाम्रो जीवनको धेरै समयको लागि, हामीले सम्बन्ध निर्माण गर्न, असल साथीहरू बनाउन, राम्रो सम्बन्ध बनाउन वा असल शिक्षकहरू, असल विद्यार्थी हुन र हाम्रो करियरमा उत्कृष्ट बनाउन महत्त्वपूर्ण प्रयासहरू तिर्छौं। म विश्वास गर्छु कि ती सबै हुनु एक ठूलो आशिष् हो, तर दुर्भाग्यवश, हामी सबै यति भाग्यशाली वा ती सबै पाउन योग्य छैनौं। तिनीहरूको लागि काम गर्न सधैं सबैको लागि गाह्रो भएको छ, र कहिलेकाहीँ हामीले तिनीहरूको लागि काम गर्दा छोड्न सक्छौं। तर, हामी सफल होस् वा असफल, हामी हाम्रो यात्रामा "अनुभव" नामक महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरा जम्मा गरिरहन्छौं। प्रत्येक व्यक्तिको लागि, यो फरक छ, र मेरो पनि अद्वितीय छ।


            जब म बुढो हुँदै गएँ, मैले पत्ता लगाए कि "अनुभव" मसँग भएको सबैभन्दा बहुमूल्य सम्पत्ति हो। यो खुशी, दु: ख, संघर्ष, वा जे पनि भरिएको हुन सक्छ। यो एक अनुभव हो जसले मलाई चीजहरूको बारेमा सोच्न बनाउँछ जुन मैले कहिल्यै सोचेको छैन। मेरो प्रत्यक्ष अनुभवहरू मानिसहरू र मैले सामना गरेको परिस्थितिहरूमा सीमित हुन सक्छ, तर अप्रत्यक्ष अनुभवहरू धेरै फराकिलो छन्। मेरा साथीहरू र साथीहरूले मलाई सधैं नयाँ कुरा सिकाउनुभएको छ जसले मलाई व्यक्तिगत र साथै व्यावसायिक रूपमा विकास गर्न मद्दत गरेको छ।


            मैले यो पनि याद गरें कि जब हामी जीवनमा अगाडि बढ्छौं, हामीले प्रतिस्पर्धा वा विपक्षीहरू (व्यक्ति वा परिस्थितिहरू) सामना गर्न सक्छौं, जसले हामी र हाम्रो यात्राको बीचमा अवरोधहरू उत्पन्न गर्न सक्छ। हाम्रो दिमाग पूर्णतया अवरुद्ध हुन सक्छ, धेरै नकारात्मक विचार र भावनाहरु संग, र यो बाहिर आउन र अगाडि बढ्न त्यति सजिलो छैन। मलाई लाग्छ "अनुभवहरू" चाहे त्यो हाम्रो आफ्नै होस् वा अरूको, हामीलाई अगाडि बढ्न र जीवनमा नेभिगेट गर्न मद्दत गर्न सक्छ। मलाई विश्वास छ, जीवनमा सबै कुरालाई अनुभवको रूपमा लिनुले हामीलाई परिस्थितिहरू ह्यान्डल गर्ने उत्कृष्ट तरिका दिन्छ, साथसाथै यसले हामीलाई धेरै चयनात्मक बनाउँछ ताकि हामी विचलित हुँदैनौं।



 




Comments

Santosh said…
Enjoyed reading your post.
Santosh said…
Glad to see your post again. The scenery at the start of the post is always a pleasure to the eyes.

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