Live in peace with
yourself
Man is not a money minting
machine. Acquiring money cannot and should not become the sole purpose of life.
Money has its limitations. It can be useful only to some extent but it cannot
acquire things like human happiness and self-satisfaction which come from
within. There is no end to temptation. We find many rich persons busy day and
night earning lot of wealth by hook and crook but they also remain unsatisfied
at the end. Money cannot be substitute for human values. Art and culture give
greater manifestation to human qualities. People can find solace in their
creative instincts. Money has its importance only if it is utilized for welfare
of the needy people. We cannot have peace of mind if we sit over plenty of
wealth and keep on counting them overnight. So, we have clear choice before us.
Are we going to utilize our time and energy for the benefit of humanity at
large or just fritter it away in selfish pursuits? That will determine our
well-being and sense of happiness.
We are changing every moment. We
are born a small kid. Thereafter, it takes years to become adult, get educated
and settle in life. We are totally
helpless at the time of our birth. Our parents provided us everything that we
needed for our growth. Our teachers help us acquire knowledge in different
aspects of life. Our employers help us to gain economic strength so that we can
live a respectful and self-dependent life. Actually speaking, we cannot count
the persons who helped us in one way or the other during the long journey of
life. Now that we have grown and developed, it is our duty towards society at
large to repay through our knowledge and economic strength so that the unprivileged and the downtrodden could live a
more meaningful and comfortable life.
Things keep happening in life.
Some of them could be of our liking and may give us lot of happiness. But many times,
events not to our liking also happen. Sometimes, it leaves lasting impact on
our mind. We keep on remembering such painful incidents with the result that
the feelings of sorrow and disappointment get refreshed Thus, we get disturbed again
and again. We can get rid of such situations by forgetting and forgiving. Things
happening in day-to-day life are not always in our control. People keep on
acting and reacting. Thus, an endless chain of negativities surrounds our
thought process. We should try to get out of such situation. Once the mind is
free from the clutches of things from the past, we have feeling of a new life. We
embark upon new adventures, develop new areas of creativity and enjoy life
fully and fearlessly.
We should not compare ourselves
with others rather follow our own ways. If we keep on comparing ourselves with
others, we are bound to get frustrated. Everyone has his own role to play in this world.
people are born in different situations and have to fight life individually
depending upon his own situations. But we will find that material gains have
limited role in the development of our
inner personality. In order to gain perpetual peace of mind, we have to find
satisfaction within. It does not mean that we should not be eager to improve or
aspire for something better. But that should not lead to self-harassment in as
much as we may not be able to replicate the life of others. If we keep on
comparing ourselves with others we are sure to lose our peace of mind.
We should do our best to achieve our
aspirations and live-in peace with our own self. We should feel satisfied that
we tried our best and got whatever was destined to us. Peace of mind has no
substitute in life. It can be achieved only by self-satisfaction, by helping
the needy and making the lives of the deprived easy. Even small efforts done to
help the needy persons can give us lot of self-satisfaction. We must try in
that direction.
Unfortunately, we keep reacting
most of the time. Sometimes, someone criticizes us for some reason or the other
and we get disturbed and start thinking to take revenge. If anybody does
something against our wishes, we get annoyed. Not only that, sometimes, we
fight for useless things or things which do not concern
us directly or indirectly. Thus, most of our valuable time is lost in negative activities.
At the end, weare left far behind many persons who have engaged
positively and used their time and energy for constructive purposes.
Persons who are intelligent but
not positive in their attitude towards others often suffer in life. By the time
they realise their mistakes, it is too late. The opportunities that life provide
are wasted. We should, therefore, be acting in constructive way and not
reacting to the things which may be beyond our control. That makes the huge
difference between persons who succeed and the failures.
Life is never complete. We can always
find some faults even with the great men. People find shortcomings even in
persons like Mahatma Gandhi. We often hear some people pointing about Lord Ram.
There is nothing surprising in it. Firstly, people live upto standards of the
society as prevalent at that time. Things change, people change. the social
values also change. So,we can not evaluate a person who lived thousands of
years ago with the modern days expectations. Then, everyone views the world
with his own vision of things which cannot be
unbiased.
Despite the fact that we keep on
trying to do the best, some scopes of improvements are always left behind. That
is the message of life. If we stop trying because of the fear that the things
may not be upto mark ,then we will hardly be able to achieve anything. Failures
are the pillars of success. If we keep on trying again and again, we are bound
to achieve perfection. So, we must keep on doing. We must continue with our
struggle. If someone points out about some deficiencies, we should take it calmly,
think about ways and means to improve. In fact, we must thank the person who
lets us know about our faults. He gives us a chance to improve. That is the way
to success in life.
There is no end to anything. Everybody
has his own destiny. We inherit many good and bad things from our actions in
the past life. So, some people are very brilliant from the very beginning. Some
are born in very rich families. Whereas we see many children spending their
nights on the streets. We should be grateful to God for whatever achievements
we could have and do something good to others in our day- to- day life. That
could make our lives peaceful. People will remember us not because
we were very much qualified or we had enough wealth but only because of our
goodness towards others.
Rabindra Narayan Mishra
21.06.2021