According to John Keats ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.’ Here we are considering the greatest mystery of human behavior. Some psychologists say that human behavior can’t be predictable at the same time some others say , human behavior can’t be predicted but we can say that, what will happen in their future with the help of some past and recent experiences of a particular person. Every human being has his own issues like survival both physical and psychological, but if we were failure in the effort of recognizing that particular problem. Suddenly we take decisions, “ I can’t do that, I’m a big fail in this world, I’m the only one person who suffer like this. But human beings may turn down to the reality. Some of them are like to go with the tide, others will have to cry over spilt milk and rare and least persons ready to grip up the lions.
You have a beautiful heart and care taking mentality since here, hope it will remain till your tomb. I don’t know you as much as me, but you know me, but I know you from the bottom of my heart, because you are one of my best comrade. I’m free to share my grievance to you, it gives me lot of relief from darkness. Sometime you may become a guide, sometime you are my sister. The greatest thing in a life is finding someone who knows your mistakes and weakness and still find you completely amazing and will never walk away. That person is known as best buddy. Some time it happens vice versa. Friendship is a feeling which comes from heart. Thanks giving day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men but be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude. Acceptance of an event is not to be mistaken for a life of passivity or submission to fatalism characterized by laziness and a sense of helplessness. “Simply doing nothing does not avoid risk, but heightens it. Epictetus exhorts us, therefore, to brave the storms of life with planned action born of clear thinking. He recognizes, too, the practical necessity of working for worldly gains, but cautions us only against the false belief that happiness depends on the results such endeavors. Being an integral part of social structure, you cannot live in isolation; social interaction is inescapable. In your relationship with others at home, at work or in society, no matter how people behave, you have to maintain inner tranquility, with unwavering attention on achieving your own merit and excellence. People act under their own inner compulsions over which you can exercise no control. Epictetus advises: “Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose” He assures that if you truly live in tune with your will and resolve, and in harmony with your inner self, nobody’s words or actions (barring extreme cases) can disturb your mental equipoise. Duty of any kind is not to be slighted. A person should not be judged by the nature of his duties, but by the manner in which he performs his duties. In his discourse on Karma Yoga Swami Vivekananda says: “A shoemaker who can turn out a strong, nice pair of shoes in the shortest possible time is a better man, according to his profession and his work, than a professor who talks nonsense every day of his life”. Remember, FATIGUE LIES IN HALFHEARTEDNESS.
If we do with sincerity, with full zest and enthusiasm, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves happy. The key is to work with freedom and love and without too much expectation. Try to accomplish something wherever you are and do not compare with others. Undue hankering after rewards will render you akin to a slave of your expectations; you must work for your own internal satisfaction – work like a master and not as a slave. This glorious attitude to life and knowledge of your self makes you free in a world of dependencies and enables you to flower where God has sown you, and to bloom wherever God plants you.
I am remembering story which I read in magazine. i.e ‘ I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack use my horse. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, ace track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, he stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a200-acre dream ranch.“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher.
Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after class.’“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, `Why did I receive an F?’“The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you. “Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream. Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I till have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” H added, “The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.”
Moral: Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. No Dream is too big or too small when one works hard to live it. One should always try making dreams come true no matter what.’
“No one can change a person, but a person can be a person’s reasons to change.”
By Arun Joshy
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