Monday, January 02, 2006

Turning Points: Life as a Parabola or Polynomial?

Life is like a parabola, when you reaches the bottom or the peak, it will turnaround - Anonymous

It's true that life goes up and down. I prefer to see life as an n-th order polynomial than a parabola. The reason is simple. In life, you do not have only a single peak or lowest point. Rather, in life, there will be a lot of ups and downs. However, like in mathematics, these ups and downs can be considered as the turning point or our lives, at least to my belief. We humans learn when we are in our highest point or lowest point in life.
Well, when we are in our lowest point, we will learn the way to survive, to make it through the tough times. A good example will be the real estate tycoon, Donald Trump who owed the banks more than USD 10 billion when the real estate in America crashed in the early 90s. Many people speculated that he will be heading for bankruptcy but today, he is one of the most respected real estate tycoon in the world. Moreover, he managed to establish his name as a brand that the whole world recognises.
This is a message to those who are currently in the lowest point of their lives to not to give up but to linger on the hope of going up again. I believe strongly that we learn the most when we are beaten and battered by life's challenges and tests. On contrary to my belief, in life, we see a lot of examples of people who fall and never learn to pick themselves up.They should remind themselves of the times when they learn to walk. How many times did you fall before you learn to put out your foot and walk your first step in life? So, whenever you fall tto your lowest point in life, you should try to take a look at photographs when you are baby and gently remind yourself of the times you learn to walk.
Of course, after crapping about the minimum points dwellers, I must also mention those who are in the peak of their lives. When you are on the peak of your live or success, you should remember a saying:

Respect the people you meet when you are on your way up because you will meet them again when you are on your way down - Anonymous

We must always learn to respect the people whom we meet while we are going up. These people maybe your friends, teachers, foes or family. No matter who they are, they contributed their part in shaping you and pushing you to reach your success. When you reach the peak, you must constantly remember that when you are going down, you will meet these people again and they will help you to pick yourself up again.
From this point of view, you can see live as a cycle, the people whom you meet will help you to your success, and then you will fall, then these people will then help you to pick yourself up again. This is to convey a message to those who are on their path to success to learn to be grateful to everything single incident in life, to be respectful of those people you meet on the way. It doesn't matter if they are those that love you or those that despise you. Their presence has already proven to have a deep impact in shaping you and your path.
Well, enough of the mathematics and life. This is merely the food for thought for all my reader and my perspective in life's lowest point and highest point.

posted by kLcC~

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