Sachin Tendulkar's hundredth hundred and Critics
The perennial critics need to get a life it seems. Their philosophy has always been based upon ‘could’ve been’, ‘should’ve been’, ‘should be’ & ‘could be’ etc. They remain so engrossed in dealing with these trivial things that they fail to notice the glorious moment of NOW and this by far has been the reason for most of the miseries of this world. Why then they still do not understand it? Why would some of the people only look at the bottom side of things? Why are they generally not able to celebrate the precious moments? Have we all not noticed that the cribbing never stops for some of us? What could have possibly gone wrong with such people?
Some people on the other hand are able to see the beacon light even in the darkest of the hour and never let their hope die. They exemplify patience and perseverance. I think of Late Victor E. Frankl who sustained most torturous circumstances in a Nazi concentration camp during Second World War and came out alive even though the odds of survival were one in twenty-eight, if statisticians were to be believed. He suggested in his book (Man’s search for Meaning, highly recommended) that no matter how much you chained people physically, their inner values couldn't be shaken and they would possess the ability to surprise everyone with the kind of spiritual freedom they still felt. A common man in general would face almost negligible amount of the adversity as compared to him and yet a lot of them would chose to give up or be negative in their approach. And when it comes to forming opinions in day to day situations they become unreasonably biased, negative and judgmental as if they have come across a lifetime opportunity to cease a medal. This really makes a lot of people ponder and so it does to me.
Let’s consider the aftermath of Sachin Tendulkar’s hundredth hundred. The so called unbecoming by critics suddenly took a reverse motion on Friday, 16.03.2012 and the entire country reveled in the glory (Great that majority of the people chose to look at the brighter side). On the other hand the evergreen critics (and I am not talking only about official critics here) did what they were best at i.e., trying to bring to notice should’ves, could’ves and what not. Some are not in favor of Sachin continuing to play anymore. Some said he plays only for records and that Sachin needs to learn a lot of things. And blah, blah….
Who does not need to learn anything? Life is a continuous learning process and Sachin still exists in the game and performs because of his ability to stay grounded and learn continuously. He has been doing it for 23 years and is still undeterred in his pursuit. His hunger for runs has not died yet. Only someone who does not understand the MAGNITUDE of what Sachin has achieved can criticize like that. While we all ought to respect other’s opinion; I must say it hurts to hear things that are being said against this Genius.
But then fans like us need to understand that there would still be critics, some of them truly harsh who would go on underplaying someone's achievement no matter what. They will keep trying to show the world that a man cannot achieve such greatness and that he/she's committing a crime by being on the path of continuous excellence. Perhaps because they themselves find it hard to do it and that makes them jealous of someone who’s been doing it consistently with exceptional humility. I think they are important because they are one of the inspiring factors for a first rate human being like Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar to continue awing, enthralling and entertaining us. He will continue to bring laurels to the country and make us proud as long he wants to.
And that is why he is one of the REAL heroes among us.
Many Congratulations to the Master for achieving the rare feet!! God Bless you.
RESPECT.
Some people on the other hand are able to see the beacon light even in the darkest of the hour and never let their hope die. They exemplify patience and perseverance. I think of Late Victor E. Frankl who sustained most torturous circumstances in a Nazi concentration camp during Second World War and came out alive even though the odds of survival were one in twenty-eight, if statisticians were to be believed. He suggested in his book (Man’s search for Meaning, highly recommended) that no matter how much you chained people physically, their inner values couldn't be shaken and they would possess the ability to surprise everyone with the kind of spiritual freedom they still felt. A common man in general would face almost negligible amount of the adversity as compared to him and yet a lot of them would chose to give up or be negative in their approach. And when it comes to forming opinions in day to day situations they become unreasonably biased, negative and judgmental as if they have come across a lifetime opportunity to cease a medal. This really makes a lot of people ponder and so it does to me.
Let’s consider the aftermath of Sachin Tendulkar’s hundredth hundred. The so called unbecoming by critics suddenly took a reverse motion on Friday, 16.03.2012 and the entire country reveled in the glory (Great that majority of the people chose to look at the brighter side). On the other hand the evergreen critics (and I am not talking only about official critics here) did what they were best at i.e., trying to bring to notice should’ves, could’ves and what not. Some are not in favor of Sachin continuing to play anymore. Some said he plays only for records and that Sachin needs to learn a lot of things. And blah, blah….
Who does not need to learn anything? Life is a continuous learning process and Sachin still exists in the game and performs because of his ability to stay grounded and learn continuously. He has been doing it for 23 years and is still undeterred in his pursuit. His hunger for runs has not died yet. Only someone who does not understand the MAGNITUDE of what Sachin has achieved can criticize like that. While we all ought to respect other’s opinion; I must say it hurts to hear things that are being said against this Genius.
But then fans like us need to understand that there would still be critics, some of them truly harsh who would go on underplaying someone's achievement no matter what. They will keep trying to show the world that a man cannot achieve such greatness and that he/she's committing a crime by being on the path of continuous excellence. Perhaps because they themselves find it hard to do it and that makes them jealous of someone who’s been doing it consistently with exceptional humility. I think they are important because they are one of the inspiring factors for a first rate human being like Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar to continue awing, enthralling and entertaining us. He will continue to bring laurels to the country and make us proud as long he wants to.
And that is why he is one of the REAL heroes among us.
Many Congratulations to the Master for achieving the rare feet!! God Bless you.
RESPECT.
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