Desires – we human beings are full of them! Even before we achieve one milestone, the desire of next already begins. No matter how big our current accomplishments are, we all feel somewhat empty till we reach the next stop. Our life ends but the vicious circle does not. An assertion that fulfilling our desires will make us happy spawns in each of us. That satisfaction of achieving our materialistic objectives does give satisfaction but it lasts just for a little while. My point is that such happiness + satisfaction + good feelings are not eternal.
Those who live only in India feels that it is a blessings to live in US/UK or any such part of the world (that’s a typical thought) and the residents of these developed countries keep cribbing about hell lot of things to boot. Everyone envies the other in some or the other form. I have been blessed to travel a bit as part of my work and my observations state that it is not the place but our own mind that counts towards happiness. Regardless of whether I live in NY or Vegas or Delhi or Hyderabad – if I am not surrounded by my family and friends, there is no happiness. The experience of travelling alone or talking to new people is fantastic. I don’t deny the pleasure of seeing the world and being in a safe, clean, pollution free and organized environment. However, if I am truly focussed to see positivity around then I enjoy being ‘anywhere’.
The world is designed so well, so perfectly. The negativity is there to appreciate the positivity. Only failures help us learn. It must have started from the search of food that lead mankind to reach today where we take the primary so much granted and feel accomplished only with secondary achievements. It has no end – it will never have because it is not supposed to have.
Some say life is too long and few others claim it to be short. I am not cent percent sure (that’s me a typical Libran) about my thoughts but those are tilted towards the claim that it is short. There is so much to do and so less done. I would not say I have wasted almost the three decades of my life (whoa!! I am old) but I don’t feel too accomplished as well. God is perfect and he has made sure that we all are. We just need to traverse through our own unique paths!
