While I had all this unfinished stuff, I also have a lot of issues with my life too which are tough to tackle - my finances are in a bad shape and I worry all the time about expenses, I need to lose weight and become a lot fitter and more shapely, I need more friends and relaxation as my life is one dimentional. I need to bring out my full potential as I have a lot of talent and skills and experience and that can be useful to many.
How am going to be able to do that? I complained bitterly to whoever would listen that it was not fair- I did not ask to be laid off, I did not ask to be alone, I was always sincere and looked after my responsibilities. then why am I in this mess ? Then I realised that this is so because I have not learnt the important life lessons in these areas. These areas are important and the lessons are important and need to be learned .
Remember , what Gautum Buddha started out with . He wanted to learn the mysteries of life and why people suffered from old age , disease and death. He realised that these are the four eternal truths- Birth, Disease, Old Age and Death. No one can escape them. What is important is how we live our lives as death and everything leading upto death such as old age and disease is inevitable. How we behave, think and take actions is important, as this will dictate how we live.
So, I started by taking responsibility of all these issues in my life as well. Immediately, I felt better as I realised that no one else is going to change these circumstances for me, but I will have to. Also, from some of the lessons I have been learning, I felt happier that I now knew that things don't take long to improve if they start to get tackled. But, what is important is how we are going to do that. That will dictate whether we are happy or not, whether we are fulfilled or not.
How am going to be able to do that? I complained bitterly to whoever would listen that it was not fair- I did not ask to be laid off, I did not ask to be alone, I was always sincere and looked after my responsibilities. then why am I in this mess ? Then I realised that this is so because I have not learnt the important life lessons in these areas. These areas are important and the lessons are important and need to be learned .
Remember , what Gautum Buddha started out with . He wanted to learn the mysteries of life and why people suffered from old age , disease and death. He realised that these are the four eternal truths- Birth, Disease, Old Age and Death. No one can escape them. What is important is how we live our lives as death and everything leading upto death such as old age and disease is inevitable. How we behave, think and take actions is important, as this will dictate how we live.
So, I started by taking responsibility of all these issues in my life as well. Immediately, I felt better as I realised that no one else is going to change these circumstances for me, but I will have to. Also, from some of the lessons I have been learning, I felt happier that I now knew that things don't take long to improve if they start to get tackled. But, what is important is how we are going to do that. That will dictate whether we are happy or not, whether we are fulfilled or not.
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