The Rising Sun...

THE RISING SUN...

There's an old saying: "The rising sun is always worshiped.". 

We've a nature of criticizing other's during their bad times. We're the actual self-renowned pseudo-critics. For example: When Roger Federer recently started losing a couple of matches, these 'critiques' started saying that 'his era has ended', 'he can't play like he did', 'he doesn't deserve this title'... etcetera. The same is the case with Cricket God: Sachin Tendulkar, Chess World Champion: Vishwanathan Anand & many many other greats who've proved their worth in the past. What we forget while criticizing is their 'past', their 'records', the milestones they achieved. So what if they lost a couple of their matches..? Has anyone achieved the records before they set them? We easily cluck our thick tongues & shake our heads and suggest so delicately that we forget about whom we're talking about. The question we should ask ourselves is 'Where do we stand against them?' Not just financially but as a person. We may criticize Al Pacino for '88 Minutes' but can we praise him enough for his work in 'The Godfather'? The world always wants to see the shiny side which is impossible, even hypothetically. When a person is at it's peak, we worship them & when they aren't, the consequences differ dramatically.

It is also a fact that when a person is wearing a beautifully crafted white-colored suite, people tend to find the dirt in it rather than appreciating its art. Even a garbage can be a piece of art if the person knows how to recognize it! We criticize them, it's fine but the same is not the case when we're put under the scanner. We begin to lose our minds & react in a way that we become what we despise of a 'civilized-society'. We should be critique only if we can stand one. We can't just go on blaming everyone for how much they've changed. Change is inevitable & those left behind cannot cope up. If the sun can't stay for 24 hours, what're we! And the moral of the 'sun' is it must set so that it may rise again afterall, when you're on the top the only place you can go to is DOWN. 

'We can't say whether the water is hot or cold until we're exposed to it.'

Alfred Hitchcock once said that he'd like to see a 'clear horizon' which, by what we are, is light years away from turning into reality. We should let go of the delusion of being 'too good to be true' & leave the job of being a critic to those who've been through it. And ultimately life, like tennis, has 2 serves. We all get chances we long for the only thing we need to do is to learn to grow up & understand the signs. We should really higher our expectations to such an extent that it becomes a burden for the one we idolize.

I personally feel that if someone can do what I can't, I wouldn't be too critique of him.

Finally I'd like to conclude this topic by a quote & once you read it you'll know what I'm trying to say.

'Fire is the hottest when we're in it.'