Adversity and Genius
Shakespeare said,’ Adversity maketh the man.’ Which adversity was he talking about? Adversity-the stigma, adversity-the realization, adversity-the impetus or adversity-the hope? Is genius ‘inspite of’ or because of’ adversity? Hope, joy, pain, love, faith, suffering and adversity-are they just words? They are verbal descriptions of the multifarious emotions of humanity. Adversity is a very repulsive word. It reminds me of ‘terrible fish.’ it is a word which screams self-righteousness. A word which tries to put things in perspective in vain. A word which shames you. A word which shames me because we haven’t felt it. Adversity has not doctored our dreams unlike those of our ancestors. We know neither the zenith nor the nadir. How happy is happy enough? How sad, sad enough? How ignorant, unfeeling enough? How big, big enough? I am not a genius. I don’t know. I hope I never do. I have the gumption to say that even though adversity is a great teacher, I would prefer to not be taught. I would prefer to anchor my ship on my own-in storm and in sunshine with a pristine mind which doesn’t know defeat. Joy is the springtime orange flowers in naraina. Joy is the taste of chocolate. Gloom would be the voice of backstreet boys. Maybe, we’re just small people in a big world. Let’s discover it. La la la………
posted by Aarushi at 12:35 AM
5 Comments:
Why do you try and define adversity and why choose to run away from it!
You may say that you have never faced adversity but all through your life you have been facing it all along. Right from the time you were born to your first steps to dealing with misunderstandings with friends and learning at school...they were all adversities tht taught you something in life.
No adversity is too big or too small...what matters at the end is getting thru.
The adversities I have faced in life are not bigger than yours and neither are yours bigger than mine.
They were meant for me or you alone and can never be compared with anyone else...may it be the sacrifices Gandhi made or the hardships that a orphaned child suffers each day.
As a footnote - Perhaps we spend so much time thinking about happiness that we end up being unhappy.
Hmm...well there goes another huge philo lecture from me...sorry for the lengthy comment
dont be sorry.i am not defining adversity.i am questioning it.its a very strong word.i dont no what it is.what i do know is that it cant be pleasant.arguments with friends and peer pressure cant be called adversities because then they would become bywords of our existence and existence is not adversity.these are things which happen 2 every1 and they would rather not call them adversities.hurdles, stepping stones maybe and even orphans would not like to acknowledge the adverse conditions under which they live.wasnt life life supposed to be joyful?maybe i am running away from it.
"wasnt life life supposed to be joyful?"
Might sound cliched - but isnt the existence of joy defined by sorrow and vice versa.
In any case I like the depth of your thoughts
i agree. light wudnt b light widout darkness.einstein law of relativity.lol.
Maybe u should listen to 'which backstreet boy is gay' by weird al yankowich
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