Doing versus Being
Updated On: 09 August, 2015 06:20 AM IST | | Nupur Mahajan
We are programmed to do. We cry upon birth. We crawl, we walk, we chase skirts, we lead men, we kick the ball…. we do. Karm is the journey of life; it is to do and we do. We are forever in that present continuous — doing — and when not doing now, we are planning what to do in the future. Evaluating. Comparing. Setting goals. It adds up to doing. And so, we are doing, always, even when not. Doing is existential

We are programmed to do. We cry upon birth. We crawl, we walk, we chase skirts, we lead men, we kick the ball…. we do. Karm is the journey of life; it is to do and we do. We are forever in that present continuous — doing — and when not doing now, we are planning what to do in the future. Evaluating. Comparing. Setting goals. It adds up to doing. And so, we are doing, always, even when not. Doing is existential.
It helps us advance. Creates goals. Doing is action. It leads us to that sense of achievement we require. Wherever you want to be whoever you want to be — you do. You want to be popular? Top dog? Single digit golfer? Married; powerful; rich; in love …? You (need to) do. You evaluate where you are. Compare it with where you were and where you want to be, set a target and set out in pursuit.


