Prashant Chopra's Blog, page 55
February 9, 2014
February 8, 2014
Do You Feel Useful?
Don’t try to be useful.
Try to be yourself: that is enough, and that makes all the difference:-)
- Coelho Bog.
February 6, 2014
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February 5, 2014
5 Most Common Regrets On Death Bed
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.
From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
This came from every male patient that I nursed. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.
Source:
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/06/23/regrets/
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February 3, 2014
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January 31, 2014
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January 30, 2014
Letting Go – The Eyes that Drowned Uyuni.
She kissed my forehead, freed herself from my grip, and started to walk away.
“No. Not again. I cannot. How can I let you walk away?”
After all this, after all the pains, fights, bruises, crusades – how can I just let you walk away?
But she kept walking – her shadow was slowly becoming one with her self.
Should I really set her free, and free myself too of the fear – the fear of missing her, forever?
Is that what my love for her is leaving me with?
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January 25, 2014
“We’re in a lot of trouble…”
“Near tears, she added: “This country needs a lot of help. When somebody is that angry to go to a mall on a Saturday morning and shoot people. We’re in a lot of trouble… To push people to those limits where things like that happen makes no sense.”" – a witness from the Columbia mall shootout this morning,
A culture of individual excellence, at the expense of breaking crucial familial dependencies, social support systems, and a healthy psychological eco-system.
How much have we progressed? And what gorgeous a world we’ve built for our kids (and are continuing to do so?)
Brought me back to this article about how and when we changed over to a culture of personality from that of character.
What do you think? Is this just a side effect of the modern pursuit of the means to gratification? Or we are really doing something fundamentally wrong?
