When will I ?

Whenever I feel my life gets too complicated , I try to see the bigger picture..
Rather longer picture ..like how many more years Iam going to live in this planet and then backtrack my life from there..Is it worth worrying so much ?

Rootcause for most of my problem is : "When will I ?" question

When will I travel ?
When will I dance ?
When will I do this or do that..

Here I discovered my pearl of wisdom ~ Song from Baasha movie enacted by Rajnikanth :)
Excerpt : Divide your life by 8!
First 8 years - Play as much as you can
Second 8 years - Learn
Third 8 years - Get married
Fourth 8 years - Bring up a child
Fifth 8 years - Earn wealth
Sixth 8 years - Travel the world
Seventh 8 years - Take rest
Eighth 8 years - If you live beyond this , there is no peace :D

Here is the tamil lyrics :
mudhal ettil aadadhadhu viLaiyaatalla -nee
irandaam ettil kallaadhadhu kalviyum alla
moondraam ettil seiyaadhadhu thirumanam alla -nee
naalaam ettil peraadhadhu kuzhandhayum alla
aindhaam ettil saerkaadhadhu selvamum alla -nee
aaram ettil sutraadhadhu ulagamum alla
ezhaam ettil kaanaadhadhu Oyivum illa - nee
ettam ettukku mela irrundha nimmadhi illa

Life is this simple :) Figure out which 8 you are in and enjoy as much as you can in that 8.You can never go back to that 8 again :)

Cheers to 8 !

Guru Bhakthi

Iam sure this term is outdated for this generation..

Beauty of gurukul system is that student completely surrenders to Guru and accepts that Guru knows it all and he/she will be the guiding light.

To some extent,my dance training so far followed this system.
I completely trusted my dance teachers..I never question back their intention..never ! I never ask them why didn't you teach me this or why am I not performing this time..I completely surrendered to my gurus.I tell myself that my teacher knows the best.She knows when am ready for that next milestone.Truth is they did know when am ready and they did push me to excel :)

But today I see the change in my own perspective.Whenever I enrol in workshops,dance courses,Iam forced to ask what will I be learning from this workshop,which package should I opt for , whats the per hour fee ? Is this "instructor" good ?

I sense more business/commercialization rather than true sense of learning art.
I see instructor as someone who provides value/service rather than "teacher"..

Concept of Guru bhakthi seem to fade away ..