Temshinaro Jamir
DIMAPUR, MARCH 11
THERE are different reasons why every individual finds solace and an escape through their passions, things that necessarily do not involve or offer financial returns.
People need not necessarily have a passion or a hobby to pursue anything. However, it is understood that the fun and joy one receives in pursuing their passions – hobbies to serious extracurricular enthusiasm – is something that money cannot buy.‘One of the best satisfactions one can gain through their profession is if his/her passion is involved in his job’, a local sportsman who always had his interest in playing games even during study hours stated.
People who genuinely enjoy their professions are normally always the ones who are motivated by their passion – they tend to be more satisfied with their work and are psychologically healthier.
In a generation like the generation of the present times where technologies are growing fast, unhealthy hobbies and negative curricular practices are also very much on the rise. Most of such activities do not support healthy living but instead bring down the quality of life.
Today hobbies and creative passion have become a way of life for the knowledgeable which can either bring negative or positive output.
Cultivating and nurturing a hobby is a great way to release one’s creative energy. One example is K Jamir, an agricultural officer whose passion has always been rearing bonsai. The officer explained that he always spends at least an hour watering and trimming his bonsais and the hours spent with the bonsais are something he has always loved. Jamir, who cultivated the hobby of rearing bonsais from the early 1990s, has always been passionate about nurturing: today, he owns more than 100 bonsais.
Through his journey of more than 20 years with his trade, Jamir explained to Eastern Mirror, during the early stages wherever he went he always looked out for trees and plants that you would be able to nurture into a bonsai.
‘During my initial years of having found my true passion, wherever I go, identifying the ideal tree for bonsai has always been my hobby,’ he says. Many times though, he failed to identify the species or the kind of trees he wanted. Nonetheless, he never failed in caring for the plants.
K Jamir started the hobby with no intention of earning. However, the passion so loved has also had its returns: once, he was paid Rs. 35, 000 for just 7 bonsais.
Also, another enthusiast, a law student from Delhi who was always punished during his school days for converting his notebook into a drawing book, Bebo, said he spends his time sketching. He also had a hobby of teaching orphans in Delhi.
He has sold some of his sketches during an exhibition where the proceedings were given to orphanages, it was informed. Bebo finds his artistic expression one of his greatest personal joys. This, he explained, was one of the reasons he taught sketching to the orphans.
Every hobby will always bring happiness to the individual but may not always offer positive returns. For instance, the hobby of playing computer games without any cause or the ‘hobby of sleeping’ or the ‘hobby of shopping’ may provide happiness for the moment but may never be considered as a passion that can be made alive for a lifetime.
It is always wise to cultivate hobbies that offer mental satisfaction as hobbies are something that will always be a part of life that would feed the heart.
