Monday, 30 April 2012

On Energy...


The following is a post I wrote a long while back, as a response to all my friends, who were constant critics of my easy-going approach to life. On a related note, I'm happy to report that my friends have not changed and still think of me the same way... :D





















22:45, 3rd June, 2009
Comesum Restaurant
Outside Hazrat Nizammudin Railway Station,
New Delhi

On Energy...

What is energy? Elementary Physics defines it as the capacity of a body to do work. But, how is it that when we extend the concept onto the human domain, we judge a person’s capacity for work by mere body language. Just being a fast talker or being aggressive implies an energetic persona!!

Why can’t we first look at a person’s work and then judge the energy levels. I mean, that how do you know that beneath a seemingly calm and dormant veneer of the external appearance, does not lie a highly charged mind capable of a multitude of innovative thoughts and the ability to convert those into hard reality if presented with the opportunity & challenge of doing so.

As hard as it seems to comprehend, the thought is simplistic in nature and once you think of it -- not very hard to get your head around.

It is my belief that the seemingly “low energy” folk are active practitioners of the principle of conservation of energy; keeping their potential locked behind the dams of a lethargic appearance and are waiting for the opportune moment to unleash it all in a torrent instead of letting it all ebb away in the daily humdrum of existence.

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