U surely wud have seen students in ur life who dread mathematics! On the mere mention of problem solving they tend to tremble wid fear, or make ugly faces wen told to study maths, or who sweat in Math classes. I was one such student, not to be shameful, who always had an inequation wen it came to equating with maths. This might be because I am not a kind of person who deals mathematically in life. Like making the deals ‘EVEN’ with people or being at ‘ODDs’ to someone. Struggling with algebra was a nightmare for me, when the variable XYZs filled my dreams with strange complex equations that I couldn’t imagine of! My numerators & denominators (My head & belly) used to get into convulsions which didn’t get over easily. But it was not until I faced trigonometry. I don’t know y it eluded me so much but it was fun solving the Tans & Sines of q.
Later I realized that it was not just fun in solving trigonometry but also I could relate it to much more than maths. As I grew matured (u doubtful!! Huh?), I used to observe things that I could relate to trigonometry. And now I believe that the life of an individual is nothing but a trigonometric curve! On a simple note lets just consider the basic Sin or Cos curves. As the value of sin/cos varies while u move ahead on the axis, similarly consider age of an individual as on x axis, while his/her progress on y axis. Don’t you think it follows a similar curve? Wondering how? Well, its not just about individuals, but for any entity we are attached to, be it even organizations, countries or relationships. This is as universal as Charles Darwin’s theories of evolutions!
I can clarify this with examples of organizations like IBM & Microsoft or personalities like Steve Jobs/BigB, or countries like USA & Japan! The reason for me preferring these examples on others is just that the horizon of time frame would be a bit wide. Similar to a Sin curve, Microsoft started from zilch. It came out of nowhere & gradually dominated the market! It was a pioneer in the industry for a long time until it started facing competition from Google. Almost everyone & everything starts from zilch. Except a few who are born with silver spoons in their mouth, but then they have their own course to follow. Those follow the Cos curves, starting from the top, but gradually slowing down, waning to the bottom& then rising again! Consider the case of countries like USA or Japan. Once the superpowers of the world, even USA & Japan are now facing a crunch. The recession in their economy is widening not just because of their follies but also because it has to be so. While once claimed as the ‘golden bird’, India was left barren by the British after their rule. Slowly & steadily the world is now again realizing the potential in it! The country is rising again, to take over its once lost position again! Its true-No one can forever remain on the top. Coz ,the width at the top is so narrow that one has surely to descend for others to mount. & similarly one cannot always remain at bottom because the rise is destined. Its just that the moment may come little early or late depending on other factors.
We can also learn from the tan curves that though there’s scope of infinity, but its jus not possible to touch those heights. U might also fall to abyss, but not to an extent that you are left with no scope to rise again. Its just not possible to remain in one territory & follow the course of life. One needs to cross the negative & positive frames. Criticisms & appraisals form these territories, which you can consider as the y axis.
We do become habitual to the consistent rise & fall. But what ultimately matters is that at what point of y axis do you leave- the Crest or the Trough? & How effectively did your course of actions made effect on others! So remember frenz- its not always about rising, but rising again after falling. Life goes on…& shud we!
