Live Well

“I won’t have been into this mess If I’d have done better in my school.”

“I won’t have got the poor appraisal if I’d have got things done.”

“I wish, I’d have understood my spouse better for us to have a cordial relationship.”

“I wish I’d have known that one thing which could have bailed me out of this situation.”

There are so many such feelings when you face adversity, especially when it strikes most at you. And you start looking inwardly for the controls you’d have imposed on yourself to make things go the right way.

The way to come out is not to drain yourself in thinking what went wrong, but to;

Find one thing which was so good that has kept you floating and how can you do it more to emerge stronger.

Think of the way you treated people while handling adversity. If you did something wrong, seek an apology. If I have offended you in any way, knowingly or unknowingly, in thought, word or deed, then I seek your forgiveness.

Don’t keep drumming up your failure. Even it was you who messed it up, get up and get going. Give yourself an another chance to try, and you might win.

This classical book was written around 75 years ago and is in the list of all time bestsellers.

What is noticeable here is the title of the book “THINK AND GROW RICH.”
It doesn’t say”HAVE GUT/CHANCE/LUCK AND GROW RICH”

When I glance through our scriptures Ved talks about chanting the hymns to grow rich, Ramayan emphasises on Vedic rituals along with righteous living as a way to grow rich, but Gita tells us to drop everything and focus on our actions alone. These three scriptures came in three different times and it clearly indicates the evolutions that took place over a period of time to grow rich in that specific era.

I believe growing rich is a game of intellectual sports in which you need to think, you need to strategise and you need to act. This is the mindset you need now to keep growing rich.

A man eager to meet a Holy Saint and garner his blessings, visited his hutment situated atop a mountain. When he arrived near the hutment, he saw an old man standing on the entrance waiting for him. The old man greeted him with smile.

“I would like to see the wise Holy Man,” he said to the old man.

The old man smiled and led him inside. As they walked through the house, the man from the village looked around eagerly searching for the Holy Saint.

Not finding the Holy Saint around, he quizzed, “I want to see the Holy Saint, but it seems he is not here!”
“You already have,” said the old man. “Everyone you may meet in life, even if they appear plain and insignificant… see each of them as a wise Holy Man. If you do this, then whatever problem you brought here today will be solved.”

A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing:

Last year, I had surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay stuck to the bed due to this surgery for a long time.

The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job. I had spent 30 years of my life in this publishing company.

The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

And in the same year my son failed in his medical exam because he had a car accident. He had to stay in bed at hospital with the cast on for several days. The destruction of car was another loss.

At the end he wrote: Alas! It was such a bad year!!

When the writer’s wife entered the room, she found he husband looking sad lost in his thoughts. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper. She left the room silently and came back with another paper and placed it on the side of her husband’s writing.

When the writer saw this paper, he found this written on it:

Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain.

I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something better with more focus and peace.

The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical condition met his Creator.

The same year, God blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability. At the end she wrote:
This year was an immense blessing of God and it passed well!!

See!!

The same incidents but different viewpoints. If we ponder with this viewpoint that what could have happened more, we would truly become thankful to the Almighty.

Moral : In daily lives we must see that its not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us happy.

There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.
Stay Blessed 