Be at peace

We spend most of our life running after things, doing things. We forget that being comes before doing, those who remember this secret, make an effort to “be” and discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed.

Learning to be is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature.

Be nice and smile to everyone you meet. You don’t know what they are going through, and they might just need that smile. At least for a moment, it would make a lot of difference to them.

Life gives us many such moments to make others feel better. For tomorrow when you feel low, someone might smile and you may feel better.

Just think ! Am I happy ? – If there is any sadness I make a strong effort to be free of it quickly, otherwise it grows like a vine in the rainy season: by midday I will be confused, by evening a whole jungle of weak, wasteful and negative attitudes will have taken deep roots in my mind.

The result equals chaos. Sometimes I reach a stage where the attitude is : “So what I feel the blues today? It is my life; no one else will be affected”. Firstly, the more I allow myself to experience sorrow, the less time I have available to be happy and contented.

It sounds ridiculously obvious, but am I aware of the value of happiness? It is an extremely rare commodity, and the cost goes sky high. Secondly, is it my life? Yes, I am living it, but am I not a member of a family or a co-worker with others, and am I of society? If so, then every movement affects and is affected by those around me.