LOVE YOURSELF & LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE

                                                  -By Milan K. Sinha
                                                                                           
Living your own life.

Are we living our own  life  or  our life has become a copy –paste version. Why copy others blindly, why get  swayed  by  what others say  about  you and  have either a sense of false ego or self-pity? Instead, go to the mirror & look for yourself. Because, आपसे  बेहतर  आपको  कौन  जनता है. Enjoy what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  says, 'When you wake up every morning,  Look in the mirror &  give  yourself  a  big  smile. The smile is a sacred gift of life.'

        It is interesting & very pleasing to know that  you are the single unique piece of individual in the whole universe among the 6000 million people. Not only this amount of uniqueness you command, but also as per the medical facts- you can’t have another ‘YOU” even  among 3 lac billion people. Isn't it quite unique and amazing? Then, why not do what you know and decide in best of your judgement is right. After all , कुछ  तो लोग कहेंगे,  लोगों का काम है कहना .... 

     Think of Abraham Lincoln or Mahatma Gandhi or Swami Vivekananda or Albert Einstein or Mother Teresa or other great legends for a moment and browse through their book of life. Lincoln failed in business twice at the age  of 21 & 24, had lost his  wife  at the age of 26,  lost election of Senate & Congress a few times- the last being at the age of 49. But, he was Lincoln  & had intense passion for doing something worthwhile in his own way. So he kept on doing his best  and finally he won the American Presidential election at the age of 52 & had the honour of being the greatest change agent in American history. Now, see what happened with  Gandhiji. At the age of 24, he set sail for South Africa in 1893 as the legal representative of Indian Muslim businessmen. In June,1893 while travelling in a train in South Africa with a valid first class train ticket, he was thrown out of the train at Pietermaritzburg station, which Gandhiji resisted in all possible ways. The fire for seeking justice there through Satyagraha, historian say, was the turning point in Gandhiji's life and was the driving force that led his unique fight against the mighty colonial British rule. 

      The biographies of all great men  make you realise that every one of them lived their own life in their own way. True, it is neither very easy nor so difficult to live as you think right for you. Yes, for that to happen, one must follow  some value system in  life. If possible, lend a few moments to what is written below:

• Ø Think loudly every day that you are born with divinity.
  Ø You too are a potential high performer.
  Ø Love yourself in both prosperity & adversity.
  Ø Know your strength to consolidate & weakness to diminish.
  Ø Do the right thing passionately right away.
  Ø Stop blaming others for your own mistakes.
  Ø Thank the Almighty, parents & teachers for their blessings.
  Ø Try to live with nature
  Ø Have passion for doing something good for the have nots.

 Lastly, my small poem for you.

      खुद को जानो 

      तभी खुदा मिलेंगे 

      नहीं तो खुदा 

      तुमसे जुदा रहेंगे I 

      खुद से प्यार करो 

      जमाने  से प्यार हो जायेगा 

      फिर तो तुम्हारा जीवन 

      खुशियों से भर  जायेगा।

Did you like it? I shall be glad to know. 

                                                             Will Meet again with Open Mind. All the Best.
# Published in Patna Daily.com