Life, a word, which begin to play a slideshow of millions of
feelings, thoughts, experiences and events right in our mind. Throughout our
lifetime, we run past many opportunities and threats that define the course of
our life. But how far we have understood this life. Why do we live? What do we
want from the life?
- Do we want money?
- Do we want prestige?
- Do we want a nice Job?
- Do we want love?
What do we actually want? You will say all you want is to
make others happy, to earn a lot, to prove something to the world, or just
love. But have you really understood the basic want behind all your aspirations
from life? What you actually desire from your life? How will you finally say
that your lifespan have been meaningful?
Is it not right to say that whenever we achieve something
from life, we tend to lose its importance? A child loses his excitement over a
toy when he gets hold of it. People lose interest in jobs as soon as they grab
one. A student loses his contentment once he grabs a great project to work upon.
Money does not satisfy a person once he gets hold of it. In short, we crib
throughout our lives for one thing or the other. We never tend to be happy from
within for anything we achieve. Human soul tends to demand more. But failing to
understand what it want, we tend to remain dissatisfied with our lives.
Never have we tried to understand the real reason behind
this dissatisfaction. We just keep running here and there in search of peace,
from one door to another, in an effort to find contentment. Think over it once.
Do we not want just a simple smile, a happiness inside our heart. In whatever
we do, do not we seek happiness? We aspire to dream big, in terms of money,
power and status throughout our lives. But don’t we remain more contended in
smaller acts that make us happy? Meeting a long lost friend, spending a weekend
as per our wish, enjoying the rain, living peacefully away from the commotion. Don’t
they make us truly satisfied in terms of self-realization?
The core of our desires is the craving to be happy. We do
all our acts in an effort to find happiness. Its just that our path is stranded
with a million hurdles that we found hard to overcome. But happiness tends to
remain at the core of our desires. We seek happiness in the outer world, money,
power, status and relationships. But the facts are, happiness will never be
achieved till a point we learn the true essence of our being, i.e. life is an odyssey
to remain happy. Happiness is a virtue that we forget in the fast paced life. We
seek happiness in things. We believe happiness will be achieved in materials of
the world. Once we discover, that we are living just to remain happy and
contended, our life would automatically become all the more peaceful and happy.
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