An experimental post - I tried using the 5 Why technique to find the root cause of a common problem of worrying.
Why do we worry?
Because we feel we
lack control of our destiny
Why do we feel the lack
of control?
Because our plans don’t
seem to work at all
Why don’t our plans work?
Because we cannot
control things like the economy, people, family problems and other acts of God.
Can we control
factors which are outside of our control?
No we need to have patience
and wait for things to unfold!
Then why do we lack patience?
It is a lack of faith
in our abilities.
Is Faith very important?
The best is to believe in a higher power like benevolent God
or at least believe in yourself.
In a terrible situation we lose faith in ourselves and in
doing so we also lose confidence in our skills and become a pale shadow of our
former selves.
Its remarkable when you need courage the most, we fail. So the
only answer to problems in life is having patience, by patience I don’t mean
you put up with rubbish but wait enough time for your plans to succeed.
Indeed there will be days when patience will wear thin, those are the
days you need to reach out to your friends and family. Only our true can re-enforce the trust and remind us of
our true abilities.
Even Lord Hanuman needed to be reminded of his true nature
and skills before He could travel to Lanka to find Sita.
So never be lonely and keep your friends and family close
and off course keep the faith
Simply put,
ReplyDeletewhy worry about something you can't control? and
why worry when you can control something - just do it !
@ Anon - Common sense is the least common sense ;)
ReplyDeleteBaba...a good post, although I am not too convinced about the use of 5 Whys here, as the problem is more complicated than presented, hence I think you can think of breaking it in small pieces and applying the 5 Why....however a very unique thought process, I must say, you have learnt to apply theory in practice it seems.
ReplyDelete@ Mayank - thanks for the comment
ReplyDeletewell i agree the problem is indeed deeper and needs more analysis. but the 5 Why technique does encourage us to look deeper, often we try solving the symptoms rather than the root cause.
my! my! this post sort of felt like a religious discourse Worry, Destiny, God, etc.
ReplyDelete@ Ronak - management meets philosophy :)
ReplyDeleteI think some people worry because somewhere they want to stay in those thoughts. this is as per my personal experience because i was one among those until someone (Ali) made this clear to me and something for which I will always be thankful to him.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this is quite a good and organised thought process and I hope to have it whenever there is a worry.
Cheers Gans, you're so good at writing.
Sandeep
@ Sandeep - thanks for your comments !
ReplyDeletepeople find comfort in known worries than to take on new challenges its comforting in a weird way I guess we have done that in some phase of life.
the only thing can we snap out of it when needed thats what counts.