“I cursed the fact I had no shoes until i met a man who had no feet." So goes a persian proverb. Do we realize that how much blessed we are? We berate ourselves for not owning a car, a big house, a good looking spouse, not enough money, not enough salt in the food so on and so forth. But do we realize that there are millions of people still without home, countless number of couples separated through divorce or death and their kids getting affected, millions of people not having good health, millions still starving to death. It is a human nature to curse for things we don't possess until we have lost it all, but we need to realize that a rich person is not one who has most, but the one who needs the least, easier said than done, but not impossible. Every day we hear news of children dying of malnutrition, being sexually abused, Aids virus killing more people than terrorism, India being one of the haven for aids, farmers committing suicide, and what we do, we berate the long traffic signals, we get depressed when sensex falls, we waste time on jealousy and the list of dissatisfaction just becomes bigger by the day. Instead we should thank God for giving us this wonderful life, a proper body with no deformations, parents who take care of us all the time and allowing us to live this day without any fuss or fear to experience another day in this beautiful world. So the next time when you want to complain for not having a big house or not having a beautiful spouse or tasteless food just put yourself in shoes of the person who lives on road or of a widower/widow or a divorce or that of a hungry human being and you will realize the difference. Celebrate the blessings you have and you will realize how fortunate you are.
P.S.- Even I am one of those mortal who sometimes complains for petty things but I am making a sincere effort to overlook them and count my blessings instead. And trust me it is working. It has helped to change my outlook towards lot of things in this life.
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3 comments:
Way to go...keep rolling in the good ones!
Hey...Well written..I dint know that u were such a scintillating writer as well as a good thinker...ur writing is really inspirational & would motivate teh readers too.atleast I can vouch for myself..:-)
that was a good set of statements. I appreciate the way u put ur thoughts and sharing it!!
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