INTRINSIC PROSPERITY

Two villages Goldapur and Petropur were connected by a bridge pierced by seasonal river flowing between them. A saint was meditating in the middle of the bridge enjoying serene ambience. A man from another village for his livelihood was migrating to one of the two villages. He was in dilemma to select the best option spread before him, so, he went to the meditating saint to defuse his confusion. The man approached the saint and queried, “Respected Guru, which is the most prosperous village of the two, present on either side of this bridge?” The experienced saint opened his eyes and said, “I don’t know about this, but two people who will accost me today, may provide answer to your question!”

As the saint predicted, a man from Goldapur came near the saint and asked, “My Lord, through my friends and relatives acquaintances, I came to know that Petropur is the most prosperous village, so I am shifting myself to that opulent village, provide your blessing!”

Similarly, another man from Petropur came and said he is going to migrate to Goldapur lying opposite to his native village for better living. Now, the man who had lead towards the saint for identifying prosperous village got astonished and asked, “My Lord, my confusion has stepped up. Kindly edify me!”

The saint replied, “Our neighbour house may appear more spacious than ours, although both may be of equal dimension. Our ignorant vision misleads us. Every needed resource are abundant and equally spread across every village, identify and harness the nature’s riches, you will be prosperous!” The new man realised dormant opportunity and retrieved to his native village.

So, we are rich with all needed resource. Our deprived vision observes other’s resources as superior and makes our competence inferior. Similarly, our country has needed resource accumulated below us, to attain super-power status. We have the job of identifying it and directing it in proper direction. Poor so called deprived attitude is only a state of mind, similar is the case of affluence.

QUOTE: “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it.” - Margaret Thatcher

INCARNATION OF GOD

An orphan artist, who was an atheist made living through creative artworks. For last one week, he was afflicted with fever and it became severe without proper care. He thought his diseased body would get destroyed this night. To ascertain about his friend’s absence for past one week, a neighbourly friend entered atheist’s house as a saving soul. When the neighbour found his friend required immediate action to save his life, he smartly acted to transfer his friend to a hospital.

The atheist’s life was saved through neighbour’s shrewd selfless action. After complete recovery, atheist returned from hospital. He took his drawing-board outside and started his painting job. His neighbour, who was enjoying his Sunday newspaper reading, approached him to query about health. The neighbour spoke to the atheist with friendly smile, “What are you drawing, my friend?” The atheist replied, “I am depicting my God!” The neighbour got surprised to look at sudden change in atheist belief after physical deterioration.

On understanding the completion of artwork by atheist, the neighbour came to observe picture of God drew by the novice believer. The neighbour astounded to see his picture being engraved as a God.

In our life, we face like atheist in above story with many Gods, for instance, by showing her love, mother becomes God. By providing his guidance, father becomes God. By helping us during compelling situation, a friend becomes God. Our brothers, sisters become God by sharing what they considered as priceless resource. By rendering treatment to an ailing person, a doctor and a nurse become God. So, we observe many such people getting manifested as God before us.

This is spiritual secret behind every living. God has made human as social living because he knows he could not incarnate to save every soul. Observe God in every human, we might discover an enchanting life.

QUOTE:"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not aboutyour frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself notwith what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you todo." - Pope John XXIII

LIFE EDUCATION

Who are known as educated? Educated are those who deal with them rationally and with others emotionally. If books are the only medium to educate, I fear we are wrong. In ancient Indian culture, character and knowledge on living was fed through sacred works, which implies that other material knowledge might be easily gained, if aforesaid character is inculcated.

To succeed in life, education is one of the criterions but not an important criterion solely necessary for success. A number of most successful business owners aren’t PhDs, graduates etc, but their character and attitude makes PhDs, graduates etc, work below them. A nature which identifies failures are delayed success, never quitting when defeated, and earns riches to express usefully for others are some of the qualities of educated, even if unschooled.

Education is one of the criteria to improve our living. Men who have tendency to discern right from wrong in life, having an right objective to exist, promoting other lives through their power, though may be uneducated, can be considered life-educated.

In college and school, we obtain materialistic knowledge to "make a living," but they don’t give priority to life-knowledge needed "to live". If we identify education alone might creates superiority, we are false. But, if we believe education with character creates superiority, we are true.

Character might exist without education but education couldn’t exist without character.

QUOTE: "Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." - Earl of Chesterfield

PROCRASTINATE PROCRASTINATION

An intelligent, rich father called upon his lazy son and said, “My son, I will provide you two years of period, within which, if you are capable of earning Rs. 500 in one day through your sheer hard work, I will teach you a way to lead a free life rest of your life!”

Suddenly labouring himself became tedious for this sluggish man, with two years of period standing before him, he gave vent to habit of procrastination. He consoled himself saying, “Tomorrow we might perform!”

Ultimately, tomorrow and tomorrow habit added up to end two years. During the final day, the son went to his father to seek for extension of wager period. But, the father didn’t rise up from his bed; he lay dead. When the father was moving towards heaven, he thought himself, “How lazy my son is! If he had earned Rs. 500, I could have passed on my riches to him stored as a treasure!”

If the son hasn’t performed procrastination, he might have gained a treasure which might have made him rich to lead a free life. But, if this lazy man had acquired his father’s riches without hard work, he would have become lazier than he was before, wasting the power of money.

Later, the treasure which the intelligent father had hoarded was found by a hardworking, poor farmer. He utilised productively for generation of employment for his villagers but initiating an industry in his village.

Procrastination as a habit bedaubs our vision to the opportunity available before us. The best time and place to perform any task is present time and present place. Procrastination drinks more energy than performing the tasks. If nature had procrastinated, just observe what might happen to the perfect natural equilibrium, which helps lives to exist on this earth.

Procrastinate the habit of procrastination.

QUOTE: "There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life." - Federico Fellini

ATTITUDE CONQUERS ALTITUDES

Two men reached abode of God for their judgement after their death. The angel who manipulates goodness or wickedness of men was finding difficult to distinguish these two men, because they were equal in their good deeds and sins. God had already warned the angel that actions of men alone don’t add up their good deed or sins.

In order to defuse her dilemma, the angel went to God to find a solution. God directed the two men to face a test, in order ascertain their original nature. According to the test procedure, the two men will be left in heaven or hell without disclosing the original name of the place. After staying for a day, they have to identify the nature of the place.

The two men returned to God’s feet after the test. The first man replied, “My Lord, the place I was tested was heaven!” The second man replied, “My Lord, the place I was examined was hell!”

The god smiled and said to the angel, “That’s the difference! First man’s positive attitude made him look even a hell into a heaven. But, second man’s negative nature made him look a paradise into a hell. It is the attitude with which action is performed differentiates men.”

Life may be enjoyable experience or tragedy depending on clarity of our vision. A naturalist or poet enjoys eternal joy from expressing magnificence of nature, while a poacher enjoys illegal earning from destruction of nature. Based on their attitude, a poet stays in men’s heart while poacher stays behind jail. Attitude is the fuel behind men’s actions.

Attitude destroys self-formed limitations. Attitude is the reason that differentiates certain country or an organization or men to achieve continuous success compared to its failing competitors. Every organisation believes: “An untalented right attitude person could be made more productive than to reap outputs talented negative attitude person.”

“Failure is a stepping stone to success,” such a belief is formed by positive attitude. Externally, attitude rules the world, internally, attitude rules the mind.

QUOTE: “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee