How to approach Life?

"சில நாழிகை வாழும் சிற்றீசல் கூட தீபங்கள் தேடும்".

Ask a clock to "tick" 60 times in a minute, 3600 times in an hour, 86400 times in a day, and 31,536,000 times in a year, and see the clock . It would have stopped ticking already even before you finish your speech. Why to complicate it so much. Simply ask it to just "tick" once in a second. See the clock ticking for several years without stopping. Isn't it so simple? This is as simple as this - Live your life at this moment, you will live happily. Anyway you have to face whatever appears before you. What is the use of hiding yourself or fearing to face. Whatever you suffer at this moment, is going to be a past next moment. Learn to live in the present moment, moment after moment without worrying about the future, which is only in your imagination, and stop to regret about the past, which you can't rectify now. The very basic nature of our being is to be happy. Even the plants, animal and other beings do that. Why not human beings. Throw some seeds at your backyard and see the next morning, small sprouts would have appeared. Call it nature, faith, gods will, whatever, it is the same for us as well. Every moment is new and fresh. Look at you on the mirror. How beautiful are you. How cheerful are you. If you can't, who else can. Be happy and make others happy. Let your very presence make this whole world happy.


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  1. MentesSueltasMarch 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    An affectionate hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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