When it comes to health and fitness, Milind Soman’s social media posts serve as the perfect motivation. From attempting Superman pushups to skipping with his 81-year-old mother, he never fails to inspire or energize us.
Yesterday, he shared the most important lesson he learned about mental and emotional health from his swimming coach Sandeep Divgikar. Hindustan Times quoted him saying,
“When I was 16, I complained to my swimming coach Sandeep Divgikar that my performance was suffering because I was bored with the routines and life at the training camp. He said that if I was bored, it was my choice.”
He further added,
“This is one of the most important lessons I have learnt: I have a choice in everything. To be happy or not, to help or not, to be productive or not, are all choices that we must make. And to make the right choice for ourselves is in our hands. Boredom is the most common disease that afflicts all people. It is the root of a lot of mental, emotional, and physical disorders. So I learned: to be bored or not, is a choice.”
“The simple truth is that if you open your mind and take a good look inside of yourself, the world is too big, life is too intense and there are too many things to see and explore to ever be bored.”
And people agreed with his assessment.
At a time when a lot of us have been complaining of boredom since we can’t step out, this gives us a lot to ponder over, don’t you agree?