"Its not easy to break an investment" said a friend.
An instant supremely convinced answer came from inside - O yes, most certainly & most definitely.
But the question that bogged me was "What is that investment that I am talking about?" and at the end of the day what is the return that I am really looking forward to ? What is the negotiation all about?
At the level of my mind i.e the thoughts, the question is in some form of a funny technical evaluation. At the level of my heart i.e the emotions, it is in some form of an emotional evaluation.
Starting from each moment of sacrifices made, precious time spent, trust entrusted, support extended, extra mile taken, to the most sacred investment of 'emotions exchanged' everything is an investment that has gone it to it. And when so many things have been put in to something, its but natural that it becomes the most precious thing and hence the question - is it really going to be easy to break it ... obviously not. Breaking it down can tear you apart.
Further, for any investment done the general expectation is a good return. But the question here is what am I expecting in return of this investment that I have done over these years. Is it a life time companionship? Is it a life time social / emotional / financial security? Is it a life time guarantee of love ? Or what is it ?
"The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly - you usually don't use it at all. It uses you" .... haha .... so rightly says Tolle in his book "Power of Now".
The MIND as we all know it by its nature is supremely evaluative and keeps a count of every single penny. But on the contrary, the heart is one sweet little thing that we humans have got as a blessed gift. And because they are so opposite in nature the two dont don't get along and because they don't get along we pay the price.
So if I evaluate from my mind then the day the returns stop coming in - I will stop investing. But if I do the evaluation from my heart my investment would continue whether I get my desired return or not coz at the end of the day the real ROI is a contented, happy peaceful guilt free sleep as breaking an investment is certainly not easy :)
