“LIVE YOUR LIFE”

When a baby is born, he is so sweet and innocent. He is a toy for others relaxation and we happily spend our free time playing, talking and teasing him. Every person, be it an adult or a child, an old or a youth love to spend time with the little tiny tot as these children are lost in his own world with no tensions or worries. They react to your sound, actions and laugh at your teases.

Imagine we all were the same when we were born, so carefree and cheerful, loved by all, but what have we become now. How do we feel today? Are we the same? Are we living in exuberance? Do we love what we’re doing? Are we happy with our achievements? Are we looking forward to what’s coming up next? In Nut shell are we living our best life? Just sit down sometime and ponder on these very small questions very honestly and I promise the answers will not be as simple as it seems.

Have we ever tied to even give a thought as to why such a drastic change has come onto us if we were so cheerful and happy as a child, and this is when our brain, at that age was not even developed to understand and think of what is right or wrong, but now when we are grownups and can use the best of our brain for our own betterment, we have totally changed. Why?

The answer is simple if we agree to it honestly:

Just give a thought. Have we ever realised that from the moment a child holds books in his hand and starts going to a playschool, he begins his fight with the world around him because he has to be the best amongst all. Comparison with other children is the beginning of his transformation because then starts the implantation of the negative qualities of competition, jealousy envy and bitterness etc. which further ripens to our adulthood into ill feelings such as antagonism, rivalry, greed, distrust and cynicism etc. which changes life completely. He start segregating, choosing and reasoning unnecessarily within himself restricting himself into a circle that unknowingly makes us his life fully mechanical and artificial, taking him far away from the real happiness of Natural Living. 

It is true that even today, if we peep deep within us, we shall find that internal happiness we seek for, but it is not possible as we are tightly tied with the strings of the world around us. Under the layers of several unwanted characteristics, the real person under has been deeply embedded and to dig it out, one needs complete determination and a strong will power. The desire to be better than others does not let us live in peace. Have we appreciated the fact that we may be much better than others because others they might not be having what we have i.e. internal peace, happiness and contentment.

Just imagine this world without sunlight, natural resources and natural beauty that we enjoy and love. Had God been partial with us and deprived us of these natural gifts, the world would have become a dull and boring place to live in and to spend even a single minute would have been next to impossible for all of us. So why not appreciate and be thankful of what we have instead of running ahead to get what we don’t possess. In short today our lives are fully mechanical and artificial. We are losers even after enjoying all the luxuries and facilities of life.

Why be so generous to settle for anything less than to what we can get? We definitely deserve nothing but the best.  This life is a Gift of God and we should live it the best. We should all resolve together to a fresh start to live our life afresh to make this world a better place to live in.

OUR RESOLUTIONS:

Quit complaining about your problems and work on them instead.

Be proactive and stop waiting for others around you to do something. Start focussing on the things you can act upon to take action yourself.

Focus on your priorities. The most constructive thing you can do in any situation is to focus on what you’re your priorities first and how to do it.  Anything is possible, as long as you set your mind, heart and soul to it.

Create your own opportunities and believe me it is more definite and much more empowering. Be committed to the growth in the map of consciousness. The higher level of consciousness you are in, the richer you.

Know your inner self i.e. know who you are and what you represent. Be clear of your personal identity. 

Stop putting life on hold. Create your life handbook. That shall be a long personal manual to live your best life – from your mission statement, your values, your long-term goals, short-term goals, personal strengths, blind spots to address, plans, among others.

Don’t do things for the sake of doing them and always evaluate what you’re doing and only do it if there is meaning behind them. Don’t be afraid to quit the things that don’t serve your path.

Do the things you love, because life is too precious to spend it doing anything else. If you don’t enjoy something, then don’t do it. Spend your time and energy on things that bring you fulfilment and happiness.

Discover your passion in life. Explore yourself to know what you love to do. Make your passion a full-fledged career and then start pursuing it to turn your passion into a huge success.

Learn from criticism. Be open to criticism but don’t be affected by it. Criticism is meant to help you be a better person and you learn from it.

Be positive in approach as well as thoughts. Is the glass half empty or half full? How about neither? It’s actually all full as the bottom half is water, the top half is air. Take on empowering perceptions for it’s all a matter of perception because if you can see the positive sides of everything, you’ll be able to live a much richer life than others.

Be empathetic. If we only see life from our own perspective, we’ll forever be close-minded and insular hence we should always try to see things from others’ side too.

Be a compassionate person. Show compassion and kindness to everyone around you. Stop trying to please other people or be someone else. It’s better to be an original version of yourself than replica of someone else.

Try to forget the past. Do not let the past hold you and be true to yourself as to who you are?  Living in the past shall never let you live your life. Forgive those who may have done you wrong in the past and forget the bad phase to enjoy the present.

Quit yourself of attachments. Don’t fixate yourself with a certain status, fame, wealth or material possessions. These are impermanent and will ultimately disappear one day when you die. Just focus on living life to the fullest.

Withdraw from relationships that hurt you. This means people who don’t respect you or are taking advantage of you or any relationship of any kind that upsets your mental balance should be kept at arm’s length.

Spend more time with people who enable you. Go out with people who you compatible with, like-minded people, people who are positive, successful, strong achievers and positive for your growth. Build genuine, authentic connections with people around you – strangers, friends, family, colleagues, business partners, customers/clients, etc. Spend more time to know them better and foster stronger connections.

Develop 100% Self-Belief and 100% Self Confidence: This is of utmost importance. Self-confidence is never inherited, it's learned. The belief that you lack the confidence genes is just a myth. With Self-confidence you will be able to handle any situation correctly. Believe in yourself and your abilities.  Replace your limiting beliefs with empowering ones. If you don’t believe in yourself, how can you expect others to believe in you?

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