Bamboo In The Wind

"An idle mind is the devil’s workshop” is a widely used proverb. It plays the role of a hopeful catalyst to the one who has to hear about it.  However, thrusting oneself into a host of situations that would stimulate our brain into being busy can sometimes prove inefficient.  On a cold day, a car is often started up and left idle to regain itself from a shutdown, cold state to an active state of operation. The human mind is similar in that it is sometimes good to let the brain idle, gather our thoughts, and reflect upon our actions rather than surging forward by keeping it cluttered with work. Neuroscientists and brain imaging specialists have run various tests, and their findings were quite interesting. According to them, resting activity could be helping to better prime the brain to respond to future stimuli, or to maintain relationships between areas that often work together to perform tasks. It may even consolidate memories or information absorbed during normal activity....

Do tests  define who we are? They don't.  We think they make us. They don't. They are meant to open doors we are choosing to walk past to experience the world on the other side. There exist several such doors. We are at one such place.  There exist many qualities within us. Each door we encounter will test us for those and offer access to experiences that shape us. Not just this testing door alone. We must remember we can tested for many things in our journey. Resilience, focus, and delivery in the current. Hurdles and tests are vital. They make us introspect. But we must be mindful that they must serve our cause.  And choices represent a chance to make a difference.  In that sense, what we face is our choice.  We must watch if they bring out our potential and bring us to our best behavior.  If they don't, it is time to make a new choice.