Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock, English biologist & politician (1834 – 1913)
Nice quote and I really believe in it.
There has been a shift in the attitude of general public, at-least that is what media is projecting - Stop Rat Race ( if searched for this string in google, PETA would be happy )
Basically, all the cut throat competition is baseless. There is more emphasis on the individuality. Exploring oneself. Etc etc...
But are all these actually helping us, that we are just a developing nation in the hope of being world super power ( we have been claiming so.. wil I be able to see it happening in my life time .. well i do believe so! ) With huge population and restriction, rather limitation to the resources we have - interms of infrastructure or any possibilities - can we afford to remain satisfied with an underutilized potential of self.
The question could have an extension - if you say that kids should discover what they like and parents not force their expectations on them.
"when the kids grow up to have enough power of understanding of their liking, their competitiveness goes down in front of a kid who has been training from childhood ( even before he knew wat he/she wanted )" Hence until or unless the child is a prodigy, its difficult to compete.
Enjoying the childhood is necessary but again at the cost of good education and learning? What is the line that needs to be drawn? And who decides it?
From the quote I gave in the beginning, we have to emphasize on "Sometimes".. :)
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