Saturday, May 14, 2011

Thought 182: The James Bond philosophy


When you hit a tennis ball hard on the ground, it bounces up. The greater the force with which you hit it, the higher it rises.

There are some people who are like the tennis ball. They consider every crisis as a challenge. The more severe the challenge, the more thrilled they are. The James Bond disposition – the 007 spirit. When you see the hair raising experiences of James Bond in his thrillers, you wonder how anyone can go through such nerve wracking experiences, with such brash unconcern to danger. But he does, with his unflappable disposition and temperament, which help him to wriggle out of those incredibly tense situations, unscathed. Imagine what would have been his condition, had he broken down, under the pressure of any of those testy moments, with self pity!

The episodes of James Bond may sound bizarre, but they have their uses too. They tell you that, if you do not panic and you do not indulge in self pity, you have the potential to improvise a solution to any difficulty or problem. I believe that life must have its thrilling moments – if only to recount to your grand children, sitting in front of the fire place, during the long winter evenings.

The next thought is about “Every culture has its rules”

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