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by Jayaram V
Following are the important areas where you need to focus your energies for a harmonious and fulfilling life.
Health: Your health is key to all your riches and happiness in your life. To be healthy means to be strong not only physically, but also mentally and spiritually. Good health is a product of self-discipline and control over ones body, mind and habits.
Career: Career is what you engage yourself in for your livelihood and survival. It can be a job, some business or professional activity. Your career gives you an identity and status in your society or community. It makes you rich or poor depending upon which career you have chosen and how seriously you are involved with it. Most of us spend the prime of our lives in pursuit of success and happiness through our careers. Some people over do it, ignoring the other areas in their lives and pay dearly for it in the end.
Family: Family is where we actually belong. We may go out and achieve enormous success. We may win the hearts and minds of many people in society. But it is ultimately family to which we turn when we are deeply hurt or feel rejected or depressed. To be a part of a family is a valuable experience. It teaches us the true values of sharing and loving, of selflessness and true caring for others.
Your Finances: You must organize your finances carefully and wisely so that when you become old and retire from active service, you will not be at the mercy of others or some State Department. One should learn to invest wisely, plan ones future finances and save enough so that one can live in comfort and look after ones needs and dependents. One may be rich or poor, may be earning a lot of money or very little, but what is important is that one should have a proper attitude and strategy to deal with ones finances. One should learn to distinguish the difference between creating wealth and earning income. Income is what we earn. Wealth is what we create out of our income through
wise savings and investments, without denying yourself the basic comforts of life, but without indulging in extravagance and living beyond means. A high income does not necessarily lead to creation of wealth. What contributes to wealth is proper strategy and attitude towards income, expenditure and savings.
Relationships: Relationships are important, because they can make or mar our lives. Success is mostly a product of relationships we develop with people in the course of our lives. Those who are successful in their lives are aware of the importance of relationships in their lives and careers. It is equally important to know what relationship one has with oneself. Happiness and contentment in life are basically products of ones positive relationship with oneself. People who do not have proper relationship with themselves cannot expect to have proper relationships with others either.
Your Thoughts: You and your reality are products of your thoughts. You might have been created by some unseen force or circumstance. But your life is verily your creation. Your mind is constantly churning out thoughts and through those thoughts manifesting reality. One should therefore pay a lot of attention to ones thoughts and emotions. Observation and directed awareness are the important means where by we become aware of the thought process and the factors that contribute to such thought process. If we know why we think in a particular manner about a particular thing, we can then empower ourselves to change or improve our thinking if necessary. We can consciously guide and direct our
thoughts for the outcome of a desired reality. We can become creators of our lives through our conscious efforts.
The Wider World: We all are connected to the world in which we live in some manner or the other. What happens to the world may not immediately impact our lives, but would definitely in course of time. Since we all live and share the resources of the world, we must contribute to the abundance, peace and welfare of the world in our own individual ways. It is through little acts of kindness to others, through a little generosity and understanding, we can reach out to others and accomplish this. We all can develop through our efforts a very healthy and positive attitude towards the community or the country or the world in which we live. For that we need a proper attitude and a caring heart.
Spiritual life: The difference between a spiritual person and others is that the former lives for the sake of his soul while the latter live for sake of their bodies and minds. We all cannot become saints overnight or lead very pious and spiritually charged lives. But it is important to be aware that we all have our own spiritual inclinations and aspirations which may manifest differently in different persons. If a person has a certain degree of sensitivity towards himself, his inner needs and aspirations, sooner or latter the spirit that is hidden in him expresses itself through him and guides him towards his destiny. In truth all are spiritual beings. But only some have developed sensitivity to
their inner souls. One may ignore his soul totally and lead a completely materialistic life accepting this life as the only possible reality. But what a price one may have to pay for that!
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