LIFE FULLY SO THAT WE CAN DIE HAPPY

We live in an age where we have conquered the highest of mountains but have yet to master ourselves. We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, more possessions but less happiness, fuller minds but emptier lives.

I quote James M. Barrie: “The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.”
If I had only a year more to live, would I feel happy with the story I have lived thus far? Often, there is a gap between how we wish to be seen and who we really believe ourselves to be, between the story we meant to write and the one we’ve written so far.

The most common reason for an unfulfilled life is our complaining nature. If I am not as fulfilled or as happy or as prosperous as I know I could be, let me stop blaming my parents or my friends or the financial system or everybody else around me, and take total responsibility for my circumstances.
We spend more time focusing on our weaknesses rather than developing our strengths, thus letting die the strong potential that dwells deep inside of us to achieve the extraordinary while we live. The motivation to set our Goals & work tirelessly towards achieving them must come from deep within and must awaken the go-getter-attitude in us. Gone are the days when Opportunities would come knocking at our door, and if we would take no action, they would return back to us again, so we could eventually take them up. Today, an Opportunity comes to us only occasionally on a Golden Platter and if we do not capitalize on it, there are hundreds of others outside, waiting and watching vigilantly like hungry lions waiting to pounce on their prey. According to George Bernard Shaw, “The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.”

The ancient Eastern thinking is such that, to live a fulfilling life, one must do 3 things: Have a Son, write a Book and plant a Tree. By doing so, the thinking goes, one will leave 3 legacies that will live on long after he dies. It is very important to make a mark in this world, a distinct impression of our self, by the things we do and say, so that we will be remembered for long after we are gone.

So let us realize that every dawn brings with it the corresponding opportunity to begin a completely new day and live our life to the brim, for after all, we get to live our Life only Once.