Plan B

© Apoorv Vikas

“Guru, I’m anxious.”
“Why, my child?”
“It’s about my job.”
“I thought you were at the top.”
“I am. That’s why I’m anxious.”
“Lonely at the top?”
“And insecure too.”
“Why?”
“Everyone wants what I have. And what I know to keep what I have is limited. My knowledge. My experience. It’s big; and yet so small. I know a lot; and yet I know nothing. There’s so much new out there these days. Technology and knowledge, evolving, changing, moving; turning things obsolete each day; spewing forth something brand new and revolutionary. I try to keep pace with it; yet I fail. It’s sheer impossible. These new kids these days, their brains come loaded with the new and the latest; and their arms are energetic and ambitious. I feel I’m losing it.”
“My child, have you ever used tools such as an axe?”
“Never.”
“I have. For years and years. An axe used to be sharp for a few days; then it’d lose its edge. It had to be sharpened. Again and again. Turning it into new. Well, almost. For each time I sharpened it, I essentially cut at it, removing portions of metal out of its blade. It used to shrink the blade. Gradually, but definitely. Used to come a time when it would be too small. And useless. Eventually, I had to throw it away. And I was real conservative, mind you. My neighbour would bother with the sharpening maybe three times; then he’d get a new one right away.”
“In my story, I’m the blade of the axe, yes?”
“You’re a human being looked at and used as an axe. It’s probably because you see yourself as one. You try to sharpen yourself; but now the inevitability of the end of your finite usability has dawned on you; and it scares you. You’re shrinking; and it hurts you. You aren’t an axe my child; you’re human. An axe is a dumb tool; a human is too if that human’s sole purpose in life is to let others use him or her. You’re a conscious organism. Use your wits. Anticipate and accept that your usability is limited; the trick is to be ready for it with a plan B. It’s foolish to think you’ll always remain useful for others; you won’t; especially not in today’s times. Focus on investments. In multiple ways. Know your needs; forecast future; select multiple plans of investments. And not just of money. You also have earned a potential in terms of knowledge; but more than that, you’ve got an understanding of mechanisms and structures and flows of how people use that knowledge. Install yourself as a man who can share his wisdom with those in need. It can be your calling from now on, and why not, on a professional basis too. You’ve seen a lot by now; about how stuff works. Select a business plan which allows you to use your knowledge to develop your own product and sell it with your own marketing strategies. You were never in this game to wait for others’ approval for eternity; your ultimate goal was always to get that intellectual and physical independency which would allow you to be on your own.”

© Apoorv Vikas
Counseling & Life Empowerment
Nigdi Pune India

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