Scrolling down quotes on a blog, I came across this ,”I am thankful for my struggle because without it ,I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.”   Sometimes when you read something, and it hits you so hard and sharp that it changes your entire perception about things. And sometimes, this change of perception is good ! Most of us  resent our struggles . We come across very few people saying,  “I have fallen before and risen each time  and so will I now , only higher this time.” Deep down we know it that we all can make it through . All we need is, someone to remind us time and again of our inner  strengths . We need someone to look straight into our eyes, hold on to our shoulders and say ” You can and You Will!” Where do we find that some one ? Who will be that person in our life to reassure us of a joyful  tomorrow?

Look up, open your eyes

there is a mirror and in it there is a smile

you bow down, it bows down with you,

you cry and it cries with you

you smile , it smiles with you

it teaches you only one lesson,

with spirit of reverence in our hearts,

is how the pain will lessen.

In short, we need to remind ourselves that we are the power source and we have the life force to turn the things around. We need to take responsibility of our own lives. We need to respect more and begrudge less. We must have that spirit of reverence so that we can appreciate the little things that we have and move on to achieve better.  Begrudging takes us nowhere , only a step back in life. So, don’t be afraid to fall, what if you fly?

Connect yourself deeply with your goal. It becomes a lot easier to walk the rocky road when you put your heart and mind into something and then you strive to achieve it. Attitude has made a difference before and it will make in the future as well. All that matters is whether your attitude cries at struggles or applauds at strengths.

Stay Happy! Stay Positive! Strive harder! 🙂

Think of life as a number of concentric circles. The outermost circle is absolute happiness, inside that is reality , inside reality is desires ,inside desires is helplessness and inside that is anger. These concentric circles could go on for innumerable aspects like these but only towards the inner side.  With each passing day we are increasing the number of concentric circles towards the inner side . Put differently, we are going deeper and deeper into the inner shell and missing out on a lot of important things by paying attention to the things that are missing from our lives.  We reach a point in life when it gets as difficult as solving a maze to get out of the innermost shell. Why not stop right now , where we are and take a U- turn ? Start walking towards the outermost circle now. What is this outermost circle? Nothing but an inner voice that constantly tells you to keep moving forward no matter what. The outermost circle is the ultimate goal of life, which is inner peace and happiness in all kinds of situation. It is that point in life when we stop complaining and start cherishing everything that we have. It is where we are always strong and optimistic. All of us yearn to be a part of this circle but unfortunately can’t find a way out, most of the times. In other words, focus on one utmost important thing in your life, make that focus so firm that all the negative forces that are pulling you inside the shell fail to do so. Once you start focusing on that important thing, you will only advance making each day better than the previous and realize how beautiful life is, indeed. But you have to decide what is that utmost important thing in your life to which you want to give all your attention to? Is it money? Is it job? Is it relations? Is it learning? Or is it creating value in your immediate environment by your thoughts, words and actions? You decide it. These words may sound very comforting to the soul  but are equally painful and hard when applied practically to our own lives. It is as hard to change ourselves as it is go back in time . The difference between the two  is that we cannot back in time and change things in the past  but we can change ourselves . That’s the best thing about humans. Their behavior CAN change if they want to , thereby changing their entire lives.  It is better  to be the master of our life than to be a slave to our desires even if it takes all the time in our life , even if it looks difficult at the moment , it will be worth it in the end. Life has a lot of unseen rewards for all those who  are honestly persevering to make the most of their lives. Even if we cannot see it now, our life is getting nourished each day by all the pain we are going through to strive for the best. The visible rewards will come to us when it is the right time.

The question is , How do we take a U-turn in life and make the outermost circle as the linchpin ? When we climb a mountain it is difficult ,we get  breathlessness and fatigue but while descending , it’s easier and enjoyable at times.  Even though its tougher ,but we climb anyway. Why? Because we want to reach a certain point at the top of the mountain or the peak. Consider each day of  life like climbing a mountain , it may be difficult but we will reach the peak at the end of the day. In practical terms, start with one thing that you want to change in yourself, anger for instance. Whenever you are about to burst out with anger, start smiling or laughing or counting up to 100 or anything of the sort. Understand that, whatever is making you angry can be sorted out in some other way. You cannot think of it now , but give it time. Resume thinking when your mind is calm. Similarly, for people who have low self-confidence can challenge themselves each day to do at least one new thing confidently . In short, there are a number of problems that pull us towards the helplessness but always remember to keep your heart and mind stuck on the absolute happiness . When you focus on changing yourself from within rather trying to change things outside,  only then you will be able to conquer all the darkness in your life.

Expand your life. Come out of your shell of darkness . Experience new things. Dare to take risks. Learn to climb higher peaks. Dream big. Fear less. Change more. Listen more speak less. Forgive more. Discover more. As they say, “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

Cheers! Stay Happy! Stay Strong! Stay Positive! 😀

If we were just born to grow up, go to school, graduate, work, get married, have children and then one day just die, our lives would be unexciting. There must be a reason to be born into this world ? What is the profound mission that we are born to fulfill? Give it a thought. We spend most of our lives running after  materialistic things, trying to build up career and make money so that we can get all the comforts, which is not wrong but it’s not right either  to get so wrapped up in ourselves and not focus on our true mission in life. While chasing freedom we actually  get caught in the trap that we build for ourselves, and then spend rest of our lives trying to find a way out . What I mean to say is that accept the fact that you are lucky enough to  be born as a human being . There ought to be something huge and important to do in life. That  is why we are born as the living beings.

What do we do instead? We begrudge , we disregard, we resent our lives each day whenever something goes wrong. We never thank our problems because its hard and painful. We never see trouble as a ladder to become stronger in life or something to learn from. We never make enough effort to right the wrongs. Whatever we have is less and most of us give up right here, at this point in life.

We will never have enough of anything because it’s a never ending process of desires so we might as well be grateful for what we have. As long as we have gratitude, we can become happy.  Wanting materialistic things which fulfill some kind of purpose or which help us get closer to our mission is not wrong . The important thing is to not give up and continue to live a life full of purpose and quality rather than longing for a life full of comfort and quantity. Someone asked me, will I be miserable and unhappy  forever? And I just quoted some book  “forever is made of nows”  Our future is made of present  and present of past, but the past need not get dragged all along. We need to let go to reach a new chapter of life. We need to let go to live a life full of joy . We need to let go to be victorious.

To live a life without regrets is to seek happiness within . To seek happiness within is to never begrudge your own life. To never begrudge your own life is never to be defeated. Never to be defeated is to be victorious and to be victorious is indeed the mission of life! When everything can be so sorted ,why complicate things ? Why be a slave to circumstances ? Don’t just sit and wait for things to happen, just do it. Everything is within us, all we need to do is take that first step . Let that first step be today. Right now!

Cheers! Stay Happy! Stay Strong! 🙂 😀