I had to visit the
Indian embassy for some work , as
I was a bit early I walked towards the coffee joint next to it as there was no
point standing in the front of the gate which was to open only after 40 mins. I
wondered why I had to come so early. The morning weather is now a bit pleasant
so I kept my complaining on the side and ordered myself a cup of coffee. With
nothing to do till the guy got me the order, I was looking around the birds and
enjoying the weather.( obviously goes without saying checking my fib , whattss
app account every min !!! !! ).
Suddenly , I
heard the lady sitting a few tables away
from mine asking her friend “ what are
the two things you are going to do to make your this year wonderful “? It was
an interesting thing to ponder on, I thought as well!!! (I had something to do while
sipping my coffee and awaiting the embassy doors to open!!).
What were the two choices which I would pick up to make this
year wonderful? I definitely had some on
my list and yes there were quiet simple in concepts as well, yet not easy to
do...they obviously were not the things we do on outside, like exercising, quit
few bad habits, but they were ways of my thinking and being on the inside. They
were more to do with my attitude and my intent. The two most important things
in my life of sole concern were Gratitude and Attitude. I am sure we all live
our life with these two values.
I believe most successful and the happiest people in the
world are those of consistently live their lives with an attitude of gratitude.
The concept of seeing the glass half full instead of cursing it to be half
empty.
Theory difficult to practice but not impossible either. We
come across a lot of people of same kind; doing the same thing yet there is
difference in their approach towards life. Few see their life to be filled with
joy and success, while few always seem to be in the turmoil?.
Life is not a hunky
dory ride all the time there are ups and downs, but it’s all about perception
and how you deal with it matters!! (I know it as well!! but can’t practice it
all the time!!).
That’s the reason, I felt that yes, what needs to change is
the perception. We need to feel upbeat about things, try and find the good part
in everything.
When god has given us the free will to choose our
intentions, to choose what the most important thing to us is in any given
point, why not use it? What we choose is totally on us and in that process what
either we learn to what is most important to ourselves and to others and or to
protect against pain, rejection and failures with controlling our behavior.
Whatever it is, in the end the intent to learn or protect
determines our experience in any given moment.
Either we embraces life’s challenges from a solid knowing
that it’s a journey of the soul , a journey of learning , learning to be the
most loving person. Rather than shying away from conflict to face it and accept
it as an opportunity to learn something new in life. Taking responsibility of
our own feelings and behavior or on the other hand we just lock ourselves into
the earthly journey of control. Instead of learning from conflicts, we avoid it
and just get upset over the outcome of it. we can just numb ourselves to other
things , rather than taking responsibility of our feelings and behavior end
result would leads us to nothing else but depression and anxiety.
I believe whatever circumstances in life, choosing gratitude
and intent, as opposed to complaining and intent to protect makes all the
difference.
For me, to make this year best year of my life, the choice
would be gratitude and intent to learn.
‘’’ What’s yours???
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