Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Contentment
It is said that teachers influence children the most. I will never forget what my 2nd standard teacher used to repeat often - "Be contended with what you have". Without fully understanding its meaning, I used to repeat this along with her. Every time I wasn't happy with things around, these words would resonate in my head. Life would be so much more simpler and happier if all of us could follow this mantra. But I always had this doubt, if everyone got happy and contended, then who would aspire or want to achieve more ? If no one dreamt of the big things, the world wouldn't be what it is today. Everyone would just live on being satisfied with mediocrity. So where do we draw the line? This is best explained by Bill Watterson in the following strip. Read on , enjoy and reflect.
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The solution to that is best explained by the Gita Verse: "Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani" ...
Always do your best without expecting particular results and you will be happy. That way, you give your best to the world as needed and you are also content :-)
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for sharing the wornderful insight :)
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