Responses And Reactions

Our momentary reactions to situations are incited, aroused and prompted by situational sentiments , thoughts , emotions, logic and causal stimulations prevailing and working upon us at that point of time. Happy and sad, both.

As time moves on and situations shift, our appreciation of the same set of logic, sentiments , emotions and thoughts , change. Our appreciation becomes more holistic. Our reactions are now subjugated to many more evaluatory factors - knowledge, experiences, wisdom et al.

Over a period of time, appreciation and realisation of many more real time facts and dimensions of the reality, make our earlier reactions seem so stupid, erroneous and wrong to us, now. We wonder in hindsight how and why we would have responded at that time to the situation and its stimulations, as we did.

Our memories are filled-up with recall of all such episodes that make us laugh making us think as to why we cried at that time and at times, making us in hindsight - cry , thinking back as to what would have made us laugh at that time, experiencing those serious facts, emotions, thoughts, sentiments and logic.

But that is life. Our immediate reactions and our long term responses are not necessarily driven by the same assessments of situation. Thus they say 'time' adds newer dimensions to the reality !

Both are right and both could be wrong. Reactions and Responses.

Do not blunder and jump to the conclusion that such a person is inconsistent, wavering and thus not dependable. Infact, inconsistency is a consistent pattern of normal behaviour. You have to accept it.

Evaluate the 5 top decisions of your life taken by you at that time, when they were taken. Pass it thru the filter of new time and see if you would want to take the same decisions now as you took at that time ?

Atleast 60% of my decisions would be different, if I were to take it now. But that's me ... ever so full of human weaknesses and folly