What matters more than how long will you live, what kind of life will you live?

Ups and downs, joy-depression, happiness-sorrow are an integral part of every human life, but still there must be a dream and life in the midst of these complications which always inspires you to move forward. Life should be lived as if it is the last day of life. Even though our life is full of ups and downs, still we should live every moment of life with enthusiasm and enthusiasm while doing good and noble work. But our desire to do good or noble work remains unfulfilled because often when we go through bad phase of life, then we spend our life to get out of it and when we are in good phase, then we spend our life maintaining that situation. Disappointment and dissatisfaction are spread in the life of every human being. Statistics show that about 70 percent people are not satisfied with their current job or work and about 53 percent people are not happy in any form. This is a matter of concern. When we are not happy with our heart, then the desire to move forward starts dying from inside us. And then slowly stress starts building up, which makes life dull and boring.

Everyone lives life, but here it does not matter how much you live, rather people keep in mind that how and how you live. Half of the sorrows in life are taken because we do not understand what we really are. Are we who we think we are? Or we are what people think. Our resolutions and our ideals want to grow towards higher goals instead of being bound by the shackles of worldly life, but the mind desires the opposite. There is a constant struggle between these two. Victory in this struggle is often of the desires of the mind. The reason for this is that in fulfilling the demands of desires, man gets instant happiness and pleasure. On the contrary, in order to live the ideal or fulfill the expectations of the ideal, man has to sacrifice his happiness and joy in the initial stages. That’s why people generally avoid doing this. If this situation persists for a long time and the expectations of the ideal are suppressed, then gradually the flight of the ideal begins to end.

To do great and ideal work, courage is needed more than intelligence, and this courage is becoming extinct. Today almost the country and the world are facing the same situation of lack of ideals. Some go astray even while walking on straight and easy paths. Some are taking steps towards the destination even while wandering. In fact, when the inner and outer mind are in unison, wandering does not make one restless. Steps related to trust and inner energy, you find the way. Osho says, ‘He goes astray, who is afraid to travel within himself.’ When you have passion for some work, sometimes that passion starts turning into the purpose of life. Life never goes the same. That’s why it is not even necessary that you get the purpose of your life at a very early stage. There are many stages in life, which give different experiences. That’s why ever in a very stressful stage, if you feel that some kind of change can make your life simple and happy, then make it your aim. But this is not a task that you sit and brainstorm about separately. It is our mind that decides which work it gets pleasure from doing. But do not forget to coordinate the mind with the heart and where it seems that the heart and mind have met, then understand that you have found the purpose of your life.

No moment of life is trivial, every moment it keeps on presenting something new for us – only when we have such thinking, then we would have come face to face with ourselves. Without self-interview, both our goal search and preparation remain incomplete. Our own power and devotion to God also prove unsuccessful and this is the reason why in every direction of life we ​​become dependent on others, hold hands of others, follow their footsteps. Often, if we do any work with half-heartedness and sincerity, then its success becomes doubtful. You can achieve success or heights only when, while doing your work, you ignore the fact that who will get its applause? We even go to temple, mosque, gurudwara, church and return after seeing VIPs instead of standing in long queues on the basis of our money power, muscle power or power. Can this way of our meeting with God be effective? Let us not cheapen our faith or our loyalty to God. We should enjoy our every pleasure as if we will live for hundred years, but should pray to God daily and do our work as if tomorrow is the last day of our life. When we present ourselves towards God and towards our objectives and tasks by being so pious, fighting and philanthropic, then only we will be able to bring meaning to life. After all, the rich is not the one who has the most, but the one who does not need anything else. The truth is that the one who does not want anything else, he earns the eligibility to interview God in true form.

You can either shudder at the fact that roses have thorns or rejoice that thorns make roses bloom. Whenever we perform our duty honestly, help someone or do some good deed, we feel immense satisfaction within ourselves when we accomplish our life’s tasks. Then the same feeling starts reflecting on our face and thoughts as well. This brings a positive change in our whole personality. In a state of satisfaction and joy, a person remains stress free and hence remains healthy. This condition is indicative of good health of a person as well as a successful and meaningful life.

-Lalit Garg

(The author is a senior journalist and columnist)