Attitude it is said determines Altitude ..
And so we are sagaciously advised to always maintain a positive attitude ..
Now, The problem with positve attitude is that its not practical
and does not work like its advertised ... or popularly promoted ..
Yep, I believe so
Most of the time, its an ostrich with its head in the sand
Basically, there are two kinds of people in this world ...
The reasonable and the unreasonable ...
Reasonable men adjust themselves to their environment.
Unreasonable men attempt to change their environment
to suit themselves.
Therefore, all progress is the work of unreasonable men.
I forgot who made the quote
(
So sue me - am feeling unreasonable 
)
Something quite profound comes across from that quote,
if only one will open oneself to the wisdom inherent in it ..
Now, I am not advocating being a complete ass*ol# ..
But lets get this part resolved ...
FOR
Resolution has power ..
It saves energy from being expended in niggling thoughts
that anyway do not let us accomplish our goals singlemindedly
Now,
Being a reasonable person has its virtues,
perhaps even more than being unreasonable ....
I mean,
It keeps the peace ...
It keeps one flexible ..
Promotes goodwill ......
and
tests your faith and strengthens it
(How?? read on)
But face it,
reasonable is many times just plain laziness ..
A desire to avoid the complications and discomfort of facing the
truth and taking corrective action .....
Take my own example ..
I once had this track pant (I was in school then)
that I was very fond of ..
but over time its fitting got loose and it wouldn't grip my
waist properly (
see, that means i wasn't growing fat 
,
otherwise I wouldn't have had this problem..
)
Anyway, I would take a cord and tie it to keep it
and common decency in place ....
That was me being reasonable ....
One day, I got pissed off with this process
(Unreasonability kicked in) and I pestered my mother
to do something about it ... She took it from me to
see whether the elastic band could be replaced ...
And then we found it - both of us ..
A cord that had always been a little visible,
which when pulled out tightened the grip ...
All this while, it had been there ..
All I had to do was pull it out and tie it into a knot
I wished I had been unreasonable earlier ..
Reasonableness keeps
the mystery at bay ..
the answers at bay ...
progress at bay ...........
Unreasonableness
Liberates it
We could have been reasonable and coexisted peacefully
with the British as their slaves ...
But we took the unreasonable path
and gained Freedom
We could have been reasonable and
still be travelling in bullock
carts and horse driven cariages ...
But we were unreasonable and now fly in planes
We could have lived in sylvan surroundings by
being reasonable ..
But we were unreasonable and today live in
polluted cities and highrises ..
Uh .. oh..
wrench in the works ..
Bubble burst ..
Being unreasonable has its downside ..
We lose tasting the fruits of Patience ..
The reasonable Man adjusts himself to the world
and therefore the world is safe for the unreasonable
to make progressive strides ...
Unrestrained unreasonableness like Kali the Goddess
can consume everything in its warpath ...
Shiva the reasonable, restrains her unbridled
energy and gives it a progressive direction
Uncontrolled Unreasonablility is destruction
Destruction of the world to mould it to our liking
Reasonability, like Vishnu is sustainence ..
It nourishes the world making it strong enough to bear the brunt
of the hooves of the horses pulling on the chariots of progress ....
Life needs both to be Life
At times, I am at peace being both ...
At other times ... well, that's a different story now
And Now time being a continously depreciating asset, lets not
waste it anymore but Seize the day as in
CARPE DIEM
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