A day after Diwali, I was pondering how I spent my day on
the occasion?
I was wondering how indefatigable
I was, how I was running around to fetch sweets, Pooja Samagri and other stuff not even being aware of weariness. I
bought myself a new set of clothes, chose them from the store shelf trying so
many and then finalising one. In the evening my mother, I and my wife joyfully
laid down Rangolis and decorated the Poojan Sthal. Then, during the Shubh Mahurat, we offered prayers to the
Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesha. We prayed for good health and
well being of Family and friends. Then, for the purpose of doing our bit for
environment, we went with celebrating Cracker
free Diwali. Post this, we had sweets and Poori Bhaji for dinner and went
to sleep. This marked the end of festivities of the biggest festival called
Diwali.
On the next morning, I woke up feeling depressed, sucked up
by the illness called life, and unwillingly
dragged myself into the chores.
How ironical it is?
On both the days, the same sunrise marked the start of the
day, my wife was ailing on both the days, my father was struck in election
duty on both the days, my mother's knees didn't bend on both the days, I was
struggling to find my niche in the new office, I was trying to fit in the new
city. I had the same set of problems, damn.
Then what was different?
The attitude...the
approach towards life...
A few days back, I got an opportunity to listen to a
motivational speaker who spoke of how positivity in life is important.
He said that when you think of your past, 90 percent of the
memories that you recall belong to the things that didn’t go well and make you
sad. And when you think of future, most of the time you are intimidated by the
fears of the unknown. But, there is neither fear nor sorrows in the present
moment.
So the trick is to "shut
the future, cut the past and live in the present."
What this does is that it makes your approach positive
towards life. You are not mournful of the mis-happenings in the past and there
is not an element of anxiety about the future in your present and this does the
magic.
Living in the present is like singing in the bathroom. It
does not send chills of performing in front of a million people down your
spine, rather results in better confidence levels and ultimately you do better
in life. And thus, the no. of regrets for your future comes down.
So, summing it all up, the adage for the new age is "shut
the future, cut the past and live in the present."
Let's pledge to celebrate the festival called Life because
it is only once.
