‘People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results’
Albert Einstein
I invited a dietician to address my students on the importance of balanced diet. Today’s children consume more of junk food which has no diet value.
A balanced diet means including certain things in the food like saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, refined sugar, salt, vitamins etc, so that you become and remain healthy.
I was also reflecting that the concept of diet applies to our daily routine also. We need to ensure that the various activities we do in a day are as healthily balanced as our food. Our activities should take care of what is required to be done not only for today’s requirement but also for the future. We need to take care of activities to acquire knowledge, to hone our skills, to acquire new experience and technology etc.
As our children are attracted towards junk foods which do not have any nutritional value, we are also attracted to some activities which are interesting but not useful. For example watching a television serial could be very interesting, but may not add any value to the quality of our life.
May be it is good idea to reflect whether we are too much focussed on chopping woods without sharpening the saw!
N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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