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“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
Happiness is a simple choice to take. Being content with what we have and facing all the struggles with the same can lead to a blissful state of happiness.
we have to let go of anything that no longer serves the need. As humans, we all have the tendency to possess and relish things that are of no use.
I realized that my mind can be either a heaven or hell and it all depends on me. I can either be happy and compassionate or I can drown in my own sorrow and my self-pity. When I water my seeds of positivity, I am surrounded with a positive energy that is good for me. And at the same time I had to learn from all my sufferings. This choice of being positive is an amazing choice to have taken.
An important lesson I learnt is that the anxiety of the future and the regrets of the past should not cross over my way of living. I started living life as though the moment that I’m present in is all that I have. By letting go off the anxious worries, I figured out that life is available in the holy moment “now”.
A smiling face can easily uplift the mood and eliminate gloominess. These actions can make us peaceful and joyful for the rest of the day.
Our presence and our attention is the greatest gift that we can give to anyone. It matters the most when we have to love someone and care for them. Being available to them with our complete attention whenever they need it- that is true love.
When someone makes us suffer, it is a reflection of their suffering spilling over us. By understanding this basis of suffering, we should let go of anger and practice compassion. Suffering comes from weak-hearted people who are limited in compassion. People who suffer never understand the shortcomings of other people.
We have to start welcoming all our feelings, be it good or bad. Even if we are in a bad phase, we have to treat them both at the right way equally. All these extremes are sacred when we are mindful and fair.
We always tend to ask ourselves what is wrong and why is it happening? We are actually inviting pain and sorrow to cultivate by itself by doing this. This makes us to suffer more and it brings in a happy and irritating feeling afterwards.
from whims and beauty of nature. We don’t get to touch the damp soil and grow our own food anymore. Our cities are growing
While feeling helpless, we either become too strong or too weak to handle the grief. We should practice to recognize the grief instead of ignoring it and pushing away the sentiments. We should call it by name and face it at that time.
