Be the Ocean! – Inspiring Incident quoted from Chetan Bhagat’s blog

In a recent blog post, Chetan Bhagath shared his updates on his new book “2 States”, new movie “3 Idiots” based on his First and popular novel “Five Point Someone” and few more.

There was nothing quite surprising things as I am following him on twitter (@chetan_bhagat)and getting his frequent updates.  But the end of the post, it was just amazing. Here it is…

I want to end by sharing a small incident. The night before the release of 2 States, I was super tense. I went to the ISKCON temple in Chowpatty and met His Holiness Radhanath Swami, an American gentleman who moved to India several decades ago and devoted his life to serve God. I told him I couldn’t sleep because of the anxiety over the fact that there will be a million judgments on my work, both positive and negative, in the coming days. He told me this:

“Imagine there is a puddle. When it rains, the puddle is filled with water. When it doesn’t, the puddle dries up. Now compare that to the ocean. The ocean is so deep, it doesn’t matter if it rains above or it is dry weather. Your inner depth should be as much as the ocean, so you are not fazed by the external praise or criticism. For that, you must truly do work that is meaningful to you, have love in your heart for others and help people. And when you achieve inner depth, the external world’s rewards won’t matter to you as much.”

I don’t think I am as deep as the ocean yet. But I am trying. Meanwhile, I just felt I will share this with you, so you may apply it in some aspects of your life. Whatever happens outside, it doesn’t matter as much if there is a calm stillness in you.

Excellent! Hi books are always cool and I love to read it and moreover he inspires through this quick blog posts/writing like this! Great man. I respect you!