Delve more into fixing causes rather than being upset about consequences.

Nesar Ahmad Siddiqui
4 min readApr 21, 2024

The hollow assumptions are like tossing up.

The world, as I interpret it, shows my level of focus. It is neither a bed of convenience nor full of thorns. I am lagging because of my thinking, though I am still guessing what went wrong in the whole process. 
 The power of thinking is often underestimated. I can’t claim that my decisions were of high quality. But I am sure that the quality of decisions determines the grade of results. 
Decisions are products of our thinking. 
The emerging scenario is like this:
I am not ready to sacrifice my interests even a bit and expect outsiders to shape my good luck. 
We are more focused on gaining in all situations, not cultivating the habit of giving. 
Gaining and giving are two separate poles of human nature. It is superb when we are learning to give. 
 We are assuming more than real pictures. We see the surface of the matter, not the roots of the happenings, particularly those that affect groups. In individual matters, we are invariably alert while making guesses. 
Without knowing a person, we talk about his character. Without knowing the nutritional values, we refuse to eat a fruit based on taste. 
 The majority are living their lives on wild guesses based on raw data, unverified information, and prejudices. 
Such people fix everything in the frame of fate. They curse all conditions without any effort to change the scenario.
Living in the company of like-minded people 24 × 7 is a major obstacle in the path of accomplishment. But we rarely bother to know the minds of people of separate backgrounds and inclinations. 
Now look at the other side of the guess. 
Forecasting is also a variety of guesses, but it is based on long-term studies. Say weather forecasting and how it helps save lives and assets. 
Pursuing possibilities has been changing the world in all dimensions from the very beginning. Working on possibilities is kind of a guess. It is fully established. 
A single factor—education coupled with probing—has brought all progress from ancient times globally. 
We see that guessing something is much easier than studying the matter from different angles. So, we guess. 
"All things are difficult before they are easy." Thomas Fuller
When we are accountable, we are conscious. Passengers guess by what time they will reach the destination, while the driver follows all instructions and skills to ensure a safe journey. The guess of the passengers has no meaning if the driver of the vehicle is not on high alert. 
In the same way,
As drivers of personal wellness, we must be highly alert to everything in our lives. 
We listen more to the noises of the outside world. We believe everything to be true. We get depressed. We fail to notice the merits of the chaos. Finally, we are disappointed, simply because we allow inferior inputs into our subconscious minds. 
We have to work on inputs to have an organized output. This is the essence of this article. 
We have to fix the causes rather than think intently about the results or consequences. 
When we work on making sensitive data error-free, it actualizes. Things happen as we choose firmly. 
When we are in a hurry to get short-term gains, we mostly miss the long-term benefits. 
"The cave you are fearing to enter holds the treasure you seek." Joseph Campbell 
This cave is the place where we get sufficient explanations and clues for making corrections. 
When our people are sabotaging, we can’t get a good result. Instead of catching the culprit, blaming the world for bad consequences is pure stupidity. 
Leaders consider all clues regarding pros and cons and often succeed. It is the way things are fixed to get what is imagined. 
When we are not on the same page on any larger issue like better living, equality, or justice, we can’t protect ourselves by saying that opponents are better placed to demolish our designs. 
When something hard happens, we strongly react, making the whole scenario more painful. Here, wild guesses work as a wind to spread the fire. 
Mostly, we explain a lot to defend how we missed our targets. Using if and but is a sign of our helplessness. 
Many people are masters of "if" and "but.". 
"Defensiveness is a defeat. Never defend yourself." Leah Raeder
Unexpected troubles are called challenges. The trouble lies in the causes, not in the consequences. So to eliminate troubles, the correct measure is hidden at the beginning of the process, not the end.

Final words: 
Decide to work on causes and desist from wandering in chains of consequences. 
When the datum is strong, there is little reason to be worried about the strength of any building. 
Correct the causes and enjoy the gifts of nature.

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Nesar Ahmad Siddiqui
Nesar Ahmad Siddiqui

Written by Nesar Ahmad Siddiqui

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