You strategize, you plan, you strategize and plan about how to strategize and plan, until you are Astounded by the Anomalies, Bluffed by the Bewilderment, Conquered by the Chaos and Deceived by the Divergences. That’s when you realize that the ABCD of life is more complicated than what you think it is.
Man has, since the beginning of time, tried to tame the wilderness, leash the irregularity and control the variables. Some allow themselves to believe that they have been successful. But an unforecasted storm, an unexpected turn of events, is all it takes to thwart their parades. Life is like the hybrid dinosaur from the Jurassic world, yes it will eat you alive if you let it, but more importantly you cant control it even if you put all your 86,000,000,000 neurons to efficient use.
Stubborn that we are, we never stop trying. The modern machinehead man lives by theorems, formulas and systems in his attempt to calculate and control the chaos. But all the sense in the world appears to seize when the universe decides to fool you by its randomness. One might be able to control things partially, but it is impossible to completely domesticate the vividness of our cosmos.
Accommodating the Randomodifcations
Most of you live life on the leash, but your attempts to tame every situation and control every variable back fires when your plans come across the minutest of randomodifications. You find yourself dazed and confused by the subtlest alteration to the obvious. This situation cannot be avoided but its impact can be minimized if you embrace the chaos and account for variable change in the future.
Life is zig zag, you might want it to be straight, but it doesn’t bend as per your rules, you have to learn to bend as per its. Its like not learning how to turn a car and expecting the journey to be a straight path. Well even if you get somewhere without having to turn, you wouldn’t manage to get too far.
Learn to be in alignment with the superior forces around you. Learn to accept the role of randomness and chance as it shapes your destiny. Learn to live in sync with the the universe and not to make too much sense out of the absurdities. Learn to embrace the chaos as sooner or later you would come across it, and its better to be acquainted than be bemused.
Counter Chaos with “Jugaads”
Living in India, where order is much more limited as compared to the west, we are more initiated into the art of dealing with chaos. The lack of proper social discipline, an almost comical attitude towards authority and the sheer number of people contributes to the chaos. But looking at it through the eye of a patriotic optimist, the chaos has helped us instead of harmed us. Every Indian is adept at the art of finding his way through the chaos. At being spontaneous when a situation comes out of the blue. At finding the appropriate “Jugaad”, the easiest solution to a complex problem.
While the world is too accustomed to the artificial coating of order overlying the chaos of the cosmos, wont agree. But the universe, in its natural sense, endorses the case for chaos. Indians are pioneers in both creating and handling chaos. So this keeps them in good stead when universal chaos strikes.
Theoretic approximations as compared to practical realities
Embracing chaos doesn’t imply that we overlook the basic rules of life, these are essential but one shouldn’t only live by what they learn at schools and colleges. Most people have to unlearn what they learn in their early years because practical life is way too different. By embracing chaos one rids himself of theoretic approximations and understands practical realities.
So don’t be demoralized when the chaotic storm rocks your boat. The storm would strike you on the calmest of days when you are fast asleep, instead of crying over your misfortune, embrace the storm and focus on how to get out of it. Chaos has a funny way of bedazzling you when you least anticipate it, you will be too shocked to respond. Yet, if you embrace chaos you will always be ready for the unexpected and live to sail another day.