‘Do I sense excitement? At times like this, it’s vital to stay calm.. the excitement can easily turn into anxiety and fear‘..
This sentence in a novel I was reading got me thinking..
The whole ‘living‘ and ‘life‘ concept as it is presented to us seems highly overrated. The whole point of life and living, we are told, is to experience the highs and lows, feel the insane thrill and excitement, happiness and sadness etc etc..
But, it’s becoming more and more evident to me, atleast, that if we do ever want to do anything ‘cool‘ with our lives, then being calm is the way to go.
This can be anything – building a business, running our own little ventures, leading a band, captaining a sports team, why – even driving a formula 1 car.
This sport is among the sports with very high ‘coolness‘ factor after all given men drive cars at insanely high speeds easily experiencing the ‘highs’ in life. Now, here are some facts –
1) F1 drivers in general are the coolest calmest cats on the planet. For further proof, look at the countries they come from – mostly ice cold countries in and around Scandinavia.. (we become like our environment)
2) Kimi Raikkonen is called the ice-man..
3) These guys are ridiculously disciplined when it comes to following their routine before a race and their cool-ness would seem to dictate a party lifestyle. But, it was a big surprise to the Singapore paparazzi when these guys called it a night very early on most days to keep up with their sleep schedules..
I found this very interesting..
I’m beginning to also draw parallels to the whole over hyped ‘go-with-the-flow’ concept. It dictated that living life meant going with the flow and not being ‘robotic‘ and organized. But, I’ve realized over the past 5 months that being organized gives us a LOT more license to be free and go with the flow than the real thing..
Food for thought..
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Disclaimer: It could just be that my background has to do with the perceptions about living life being about highs and lows etc..
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