Eventually all the dots will connect
Ever wondered why a particular unfavorable incident happened in your life? Why is that you are mostly at the receiving end
of all unwanted incidents? Why are you the chosen one? What have you done
wrong?
Actually, there is nothing 'wrong' in the picture
visualized. It is just that you are unable to connect the dots today. It is
just a matter of time before the picture reveals itself.
"It is always easier to connect when looking from future to present. It always is and things become more clear in retrospect."*
I am not sure whether you will be able to believe
me. But this is a fact. We may not understand why a certain incident has
happened with us today. It could be our car hitting someone else's, rejection
of our proposal by the client, not being considered for promotion in our
office, or anything that you do not appreciate today.
We may not appreciate it today, but just if we
could trust ALMIGHTY with what is happening today, and could lead happier
lives, the dots will connect and the problem will get solved tomorrow, for
sure.
Let me share with you a part of Steve Job's life to
press my point.
In one of the typography classes that Steve jobs
joined during the initial college years, he learned in detail about fonts. He
found it very artistic and interesting to learn so much about fonts, but he
never knew how it would help him in future. Time moved forward. He dropped out
of college as he did not see any value in the courses he was doing. He thought
that he was wasting his parent’s life savings.
Life moved on. He thought that all his effort
on learning about fonts and about calligraphy will all be a waste since he will
never get into a profession in such an artistic area of work.
Ten years later when developing Mac, he became the
first one to introduce fonts to the personal computers. And all his knowledge
and wisdom came to his rescue. It was only 10 years later that he could
actually connect the dots, but could never have realized at that stage.
The fact remains that these dots cannot be
connected in the present looking forward. They can only be connected in the
future looking backwards i.e. in retrospect.
In the present, you have to trust and have faith in
your instinct, karma, guts, whatever and do what you see as truly value adding
for you - not just what everyone is doing. You will get the confidence that you
are on the right path because the dots are going to connect in the future.
Now, remember that trusting your instinct, in most
cases, will mean going off the well tread path - and that is what will
differentiate your life from the herd. And when you are following your heart,
accept whatever comes your way - happily. Because there is a plan, there is a
way for the 'goals to reach you' (and not for you to reach your goals) in this
maze of life.
You have to realize when you have high potential
sometimes the people around you aren’t aware because they haven’t realized
their own potential.
It’s up to God and you to connect the dots. It is
just that we cannot see the dots getting connected today. You will see them one
day, for sure, when you look back at your life in retrospect.
You need to have faith in your future that all the
strides you have taken, the work you’ve done, the mistakes, the successes, will
all lead you to your destiny.
Keep pressing and connect the dots.
* The above article is inspired from the Manoj Arora's Blog on elevate your
life with his permission.
