You will be judged anyway . Believe me when I say that. They will always judge you.Why? First of all, it has nothing to do with you. And secondly ,It's beyond your control.
So just free yourself from "their" cage.
But how? Do you even know , what freedom is?
Well its actually to shed the temptation to look at yourself form other's glasses .Their glasses are theirs and you will never be able to see your true self from their glasses.you have to find your own glass and that's the only way to achieve the freedom.The moment you free yourself from the lust of achieving their version of success ,you are free.It's the moment when you realize that you were sent in this world to be you , as everyone else .
If you are happy doing something and you know that what you are doing is right and your version of right is not going to suppress ,hurt or cheat anyone then just do it.Its the only thing that can bring you closer to yourself. Nothing else can. Well but one caveat here. Don't do something you believe in and then start judging yourself from their parameters.Their version of happiness is their construction for you, not yours.If it's your journey , it has to be your decision , your success ,your failure , your achievements ,your tears ,your sweat and your blood.And that's the purest thing in the world.When Krishna talks about "Nishkam Karma" in Bhagvat Gita , he means it's your efforts that are in your control ,everything else is beyond you and so they should not bother you .All you can do is do your work and leave everything else.
But rest assured they will not judge you from the work you did. They are interested in the result .The result that will benefit them in a certain way.So the "Karma" that you do will be of no value to them because they are not attached to your karma, they are attached to your result.Your karma is the result of your blood and sweat and hence never let anyone abuse or demean your "Karma" , because that's yours.The timeless hours that you put in doing it with all love and dedication .Its your love . And if you can't love your "love" then that's being disrespectful to that innate emotion.Never do that .
Move on , if you are no longer interested or if you don't feel love for that Karma. Life is just a one time event. Don't waste it cursing ,crying ,blaming or lamenting .It's not worth it .The only thing that matters is what you did , not what you achieved. Achievements are just secondary .Sometimes they will come and most of the times they won't .But that will bother those who are just eyeing the achievement .If you loved doing something without hurting anyone then I guess that's an achievement in itself.Live with it and love it .
Nobody is going to share the death bed with you.Nobody is going to take your pains and certainly nobody is going to be your savior when all chips are down .Its you only who has to go along .As Tagore beautifully put "Ekla chalo re". People will join in this journey, as you will join someone in their own but they will be there just for a brief moment.Love them ,for they are a part of the journey but move on because you have to find new frontiers .
Eventually it's you only who is going to be with you till the end .Just make sure that all through your journey you do something good for people selflessly and try to make their journey beautiful.Well that's enough for this small life . As science has proved that energy can never be created nor be destroyed , only transformed from one form to another . Well, make all your efforts in transforming all energy into positive energy .Long after you are gone ,this energy will still be here , keeping someone else happy somewhere. And that should be the ultimate achievement of your journey.Believe me,nothing is worth more.
