Ramesh used to ride
a bicycle for 10 km to his office. Due to various responsibilities, he did not
manage to buy a motorbike. Sometimes, he used to go by crowded bus, running and
catching buses, walking from one bus stop to another. Doing so daily was
painful for him. He used to think that
the life of others who have all the luxuries would be like a heaven, they would
always be happy; there would not be any problem in their life. But he did not
know that life of any person is contextual,
not textual. One may be happy with the same luxury and income and others may
not.
As a general
mentality of a human, he always wanted to have more and more, he wanted to have
a motorbike so that he can comfortably reach the office. He worked hard and
managed to buy a bike. He enjoyed his bike for a couple of years. Even the bike
appeared uncomfortable for him, and then he planned to buy a car, and after
some savings and with the help of a bank loan, he managed to buy a car. Gradually,
he managed to buy all those luxury what he wanted.
The more you have,
the more busy you would be in maintaining those. He was not an exception, he
was spending most of his time in maintaining those. His physical exercise
reduced, mental pressure increased. He had ample money to buy food, but no time
to eat those in peace. Over the time, he
developed various kinds of illness. He was spending most of his time in
maintaining his material and medicine. His relationship falters. His life
becomes more hell than he had ever imagined.
When he was riding
by bicycle and bus, due to the physical exercise, there was no issue from his health front.
What he was eating was getting digested properly. He was able to sleep without
thinking of repaying the loan and taking the medicine. Good health and peaceful sleep are blessings. Most of the people do not realize it
until they lose it. We play with our
health and peaceful life to earn more and more material, and later, when we
realize its importance, we become ready to sacrifice everything that we have to gain a healthy and peaceful
life.
Thinking about
growth is not a bad idea, but ignoring what you have to enjoy and be blissful
for those what you have not yet achieved invariably
creates a disastrous life. If you are
not happy and content what you have right now, you cannot be happy and content,
no matter, what you accumulate in your future life. There is no U-turn in life.
Every situation occurs in our life for a reason. Be in the moment and feel your
presence every time without being guilt and low. You have something which
others do not have at this moment. If you can catch it, the moment is yours.
