There is no U-turn in life

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.