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This blog-post is triggered by a weekly blogging exercise practiced at Indiblogger. The topic of discussion there was- "What is it that we are running after? Isn't it time to step back and enjoy life, nature, family or anything we really love"
Most of us get so busy with our lives
that we seldom step back to ponder where is it headed. The world is changing so
fast, that our topmost priorities always becomes- how to get on and get moving
along, lest we get left out!! Changing dynamics of society, increasing
materialism, increasing cost of life, all these things make a significant
impact on the way we spend our life.
In my opinion, the motto should be simple- "Live, Love, and
Enjoy". Imagine if we start loving every simple thing/person around us.
Imagine if we love our friends, family, and a stranger poor all alike. Imagine
if we start finding joy in living a harmonious life with our surroundings. In
stead, most of our life, we keep struggling improving our career or gathering
more and more wealth. In the race of gathering material wealth, we ignore our
emotional and mental health. As we keep growing up, we keep losing our natural
character- which is of joy, innocence and of pursuing what we love. In stead,
we end up getting into a never-ending race of gathering wealth and physical
commodities. We associate happiness with wealth , and love with convenience.
Seldom do we step back and think what actually makes us happy and joyous.
Life is not only about comfort, and material wealth. It's more
about our emotional well being and inner happiness. And this is what we need to
think about. What brings inner happiness to us? What energises us, and makes us
joyous? What makes us playful, bringing out our childhood and innocence back?
These questions are what we need to ask ourselves every once in a while. They
are the keys to our happiness and emotional well being. Do I love nature, or a
hobby which has ceased to become a "hobby" actually? Can't we take
some time out from our busy schedules to pursue what we love to do? I am sure
we can, and that's what will bring us real happiness. Career and some minimum
wealth is necessary, but let's not go blind for them. So let's promise
ourselves, that we will find out what we really love about life, and will make
it a point to indulge in them. Let's get out finding them out!!
