10th February 2011
`Some men see things as they are and say `Why?'. I dream things that never were, and say, `Why not?'.
George Bernard Shaw
Great people differ from ordinary people in terms of the questions they have in their mind. This makes them unique and powers them into action. They dream their future. We also dream. In fact, some of us may even have the same dream they have. We also may have lofty dreams. But what happens after the dream is the difference that makes the difference. If we get a crazy dream, we may dismiss the same by asking the question `why should I do it?' But great people ask the question `Why not do it?'.
The Mount Everest is there for anyone to climb. Those who climbed the Mount Everest asked themselves the question `Why not climb it? And they climbed! We ask ourselves the question `Why should I climb it' and so we don't even attempt. If you ask the question `why not', you get a compelling reason to do it. On the other hand, if you ask the question `why', you may get an excuse for not doing it and give up the idea!
Columbus asked the question `why not discover a sea route to India?'. Wright Brothers asked the question `why should not men fly?'. Mahatma Gandhi asked the question `why not fight the British through non violent means?'. Galileo asked the question `why the sun should not be at the center of the universe?', while everyone subscribed to the view that earth was the center of the universe.
Check the pattern of questions in your mind. Whenever you are tempted to ask the question `why', convert it into `why not' and see what happens to your energy level!
N C Sridharan
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