The Verbal Explainer

Most often we consider certain things as tough. But have we ever asked ourselves the question of why we perceive that thing as tough? The thing is, we consider those things as tough, about which we have no idea of how it is done.

Let me give you some examples. If we think that mathematics is tough, then there are mathematicians, who do mathematics for fun. It’s as simple as drinking water for them. If we think playing basketball is tough, Michael Jordan finds it extremely easy.

Let’s go deeper into it. If you are a cricketer and you find playing the pull shot as a tough one, look at Ricky Ponting, he used to play that shot like it was bread and breakfast for him.

So where am I going with this?

We find things tough because we don’t have enough knowledge to do those things. We will never find anything tough that we are good at. If you are good at cooking, then cooking won’t be tough to you. But it is tough to me, because I can’t cook. So, it’s all relative.

Nothing is tough. It’s just how we look at it with the lack of our knowledge on that subject. Everything is easy for someone or the other.

So, how do we get to make something easy for us that we think is tough? For this, we need to have 2 very important things – Love and Knowledge.

If we love something dearly, we will always have the urge to learn it. And when we learn about it, it gets easier for us. The more we practice learning that, the easier it will get. Because, you are gaining more knowledge on that topic.

Suppose you have passion for playing guitar. At the beginning it will be tough, but the more you practice, the easier it is going to get for you.

Therefore, nothing is actually tough. We just don’t know stuff, which makes us believe that something is tough.

So, from the next time you find something that seems tough to you, gather some knowledge on that, and you will find it getting easier.

But at the same stage, if you don’t love something, you won’t have the drive to learn it for a longer period of time. So ultimately, it will stay tough for you.

As I said, it’s all relative!

Cheers!!

The idea of this blog post came from Samyak Aditya. Thanks a lot to him for that.