Frustrated with Life?

 

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Frustrated with Life?

Whether the world is going to rejig its life or not – it is time we rejig our life. The most valuable thing in our life is life itself – everything else is just accessories. Where I live, what I drive, what I wear, what I eat – these are all accessories. I am alive right now – this is the biggest joy. Whether we live like this or that is not the point – do we know the joy of being alive? If we do not know this, what is the point? What is the point of living in a palace and being miserable?

There is a story about a young boy from Andhra Pradesh who was sitting on the street and crying bitterly, like something serious was lost and this was the end of life. He was asked, “What happened?” It turned out he had applied for a visa to the United States and it got rejected. This was the end for him. He was imprisoned in this large country called India. He cannot go to the United States. Anyway, half of those who were born and who live there are unable to bear it, but this young boy was broken-hearted because he cannot go there.

No matter what level of economic comfort one achieves, if one does not know the joy of one’s existence, everything else will mock us and make us more and more miserable. When we are poor, at least we have the hope that one day when we make it, everything is going to be okay. Once affluence spreads across society, we realise this is not it, and a deep sense of frustration arises.

Everything becomes fake – if we smile, it is a fake smile; if we laugh, it is a fake laugh; if you say we are “wonderful,” we do not really mean it. The whole society becomes a charm school where everyone learns to say the right things, but there is nothing right about it. This is not only about one country – this will happen to everyone. Even in this country, the affluent segments of society become like that.

If we think there is something more important in this life than our being alive right now, we are bound to end up bitter and frustrated with life. How quickly we get there is only a question of time and life situations. We must let it sink deep into us, that the biggest joy in our life is that we are alive right now. 

If we know this every moment of our life, if we check and see, “I’m still alive – great!” – what more does one want? There may be a little concern whether we will get dinner or not, but still – it would be better if one would rather be hungry and alive than stuffed and dead. What do you think?