Keep it simple. - Frank Zhang to Annabeth Chase, The Mark of Athena, The Heroes of Olympus.
Life throws at you many challenges. They're all to test you. All the problems you have, all the situations you have to face, have a simple solution.
The web of problems in your life is basically like a circuit diagram on your test paper. It looks very complicated. There are many crisscrossing paths and an infinite number of routes the current could take. Except there aren't.
Let me tell you what happens as soon as you see the diagram - First thing, you panic. How in the world are you going to work out the resistance of this circuit? It looks virtually impossible. Second, you finish the rest of the paper and resign yourself you spend hours on this last problem left to solve. You look closer, you turn the paper around in all possible directions and then something hits you. No, you think. It can't be possible. There must be a mistake somewhere. But it is true. The answer is extremely easy. And then it hits you again. That was the whole purpose of the question, to get you confused. You have realized that only one path qualifies to take the current from beginning to end. The rest are all redundant. You heave a sigh of relief, which turns into a groan as you realize the time allotted for solving the paper is almost up. Hurriedly, you solve the sum and submit your paper.
Most of the challenges we face in life are also similar to this. We, being humans, create complexities that don't exist. We imagine dilemmas which are totally unreal. We add new dimensions to every problem. We examine it from every angle. All the while, the solution lies before us, crystal clear. The only thing is, we overestimate the capability any situation has of confusing us.
So don't complicate things much. Remember that most of the problems you anticipate won't actually happen. Remember that things are actually much easier to solve than you think they are.Whether it is freeing yourself from a pair of Chinese handcuffs (inside joke) or finding a way to achieve your dreams, you'll eventually find a way.
Dream big and think big, but remember - Keep it simple!
Life throws at you many challenges. They're all to test you. All the problems you have, all the situations you have to face, have a simple solution.
The web of problems in your life is basically like a circuit diagram on your test paper. It looks very complicated. There are many crisscrossing paths and an infinite number of routes the current could take. Except there aren't.
Let me tell you what happens as soon as you see the diagram - First thing, you panic. How in the world are you going to work out the resistance of this circuit? It looks virtually impossible. Second, you finish the rest of the paper and resign yourself you spend hours on this last problem left to solve. You look closer, you turn the paper around in all possible directions and then something hits you. No, you think. It can't be possible. There must be a mistake somewhere. But it is true. The answer is extremely easy. And then it hits you again. That was the whole purpose of the question, to get you confused. You have realized that only one path qualifies to take the current from beginning to end. The rest are all redundant. You heave a sigh of relief, which turns into a groan as you realize the time allotted for solving the paper is almost up. Hurriedly, you solve the sum and submit your paper.
Most of the challenges we face in life are also similar to this. We, being humans, create complexities that don't exist. We imagine dilemmas which are totally unreal. We add new dimensions to every problem. We examine it from every angle. All the while, the solution lies before us, crystal clear. The only thing is, we overestimate the capability any situation has of confusing us.
So don't complicate things much. Remember that most of the problems you anticipate won't actually happen. Remember that things are actually much easier to solve than you think they are.Whether it is freeing yourself from a pair of Chinese handcuffs (inside joke) or finding a way to achieve your dreams, you'll eventually find a way.
Dream big and think big, but remember - Keep it simple!
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