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Live Life to the Fullest
Every new year
people make resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking, eat less, drink less and
so on. None of these resolutions are truly helpful in living life to the full
as invariably, except for a very small minority, everyone forgets their new
year’s resolution within a week – it is more of a fad than anything else.
Rather than resolutions it would be better as Seneca said, “Begin at once to
live and count each separate day as a separate life.”
When we are
young time passes very slowly as the day seems to stretch for a long time
giving us the opportunity to have fun, play the mischief in a seemingly never-ending
day. But, with the passage of time and added responsibilities we find that day
follows night and time just flies! Maybe it’s a rite of passage from childhood
to adulthood, the moment when you realise life happens now and that’s all that
you are guaranteed. It doesn’t really hit you when you merely know it
intellectually, like you know your ABCs, your states, your animal and other
concrete facts. It really hits you when you somehow feel it. Your health
deteriorates, you lose someone you love, a tragedy rocks your world – it isn’t
until you realise that all life fades that you begin to consider ‘now’ as a
commodity, and a scarce one at that!
Maybe even that
is irrelevant, maybe living a meaningful, passionate life has nothing to do
with its length and everything to do with its quality. Then, the question was
what do we do to live life to the fullest?
These are
certain pointers – for me everything changed after I started meditation under
the guidance of a Himalayan Master – His Holiness Shivkrupanand Swamiji. So,
coming to the how – here are a few pointers which I learnt. Meditate, go within
and find your own true purpose of life. Live in the moment, the past is history
and the future a mystery. Fully embrace the now, no matter what the situation.
By embracing the now, you send a message to the universe that you are ready to
play by its rules, believe me you will always be content once you learn this.
Do the things you love and love the things you do – you will always be filled
with joy. Learn to forgive and forget and embrace unconditional love – without unconditional
love forgiving becomes difficult – forgive yourself first and love yourself
first – then only will be able to forgive and love others!
Live every
moment as if it is your last and experience every moment as if it is your
first. Learn to sit and reflect, go within and reflect honestly, learn to laugh
and make others laugh – happiness is good for the heart. Become like a child,
have its innocence, and laugh like there is no tomorrow. Love your work, enjoy
it, do not get stressed out – enjoy each and every moment of your work, every
day brings a new challenge, just face it and move on – courage and solutions
come automatically when you begin to live in the moment.
2 comments:
Beautiful 🌸☄️
So nicely stated.. It's true I enjoy my work and hence love to do.. It would be magnificent to learn and adopt in every aspect of life..
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