What is success ?
Shawshank Redemption is a highly misunderstood film, at least by some. Let me explain.
Meet Andy Dufresne.
He gets convicted for a double murder, which he didn't commit, and lands in prison for a lifetime.
He stays in prison for 19 years. Right from his initial days, he slowly starts digging a tunnel in his prison cell to escape. After 19 years, he becomes a free bird.
The movie is not about this. It's about something else.
When Andy comes to prison, he loses his reputation, family, job and above all his freedom. That's sufficient for a person to lose his mind and feel hate towards the world. But this guy was different. This movie is all about how he spends those 19 years in prison.
He keeps his calm.
He makes friends.
He enjoys good moments.
He creates some good moments.
He writes a letter every week for 6 years to build a library inside the prison.
Above all, he lives a happy life for 19 years with all his difficulties, problems and hurdles intact.
He does all these things along with digging the tunnel.
If you focus on the journey, circumstances will become the product of you. In this way, you are more likely to achieve the goal without losing the basic aspects of life. This is what true success is.
And if you focus only on the result, you will become a product of your circumstances. In this way, you may or may not gain the desired output. However, you will definitely lose all the basic aspects of life.
One shouldn't lose his hand in the process of gaining a watch. Here's an example.
A lot of young people live away from their parents for education and continue to live away from them even after getting a job. I can understand the circumstances.
However, when you grow old, when you lose your parents, you will feel guilty for becoming the product of circumstances. You will feel guilty for being a paper boat, which goes wherever the water takes it.
Know what real success is. Be smart and make smart decisions.
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