BEING THANKFUL

BEING THANKFUL

We have all heard about Leonardo da Vinci and his works of art. All of his art pieces have been mesmerising art lovers all over the world for decades. However, there has been one standout work of art of Da Vinci that has been admired and discussed the world over, The Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is a Da Vinci painting that has not been properly valued yet. This painting is kept in the Louvre museum in Paris. The Mona Lisa is protected way more than even the president of the United States is protected and it is guarded with state of the art technology due to its priceless characteristic. Regardless of all the high security, this splendid art piece was stolen in the year 1911 and was recovered and restored only two years later.
In the two years that the painting was lost, tourists around the world still visited this museum by paying tickets even with the knowledge that the mona Lisa was stolen. Some even visited the museum just to make sure that that portrait was not there. They came and said to each other,

“Wow, it is not here!!!”.

The sad part was, these people did not think about the portrait when it was hanging there.

Now, you might have thought in your mind how crazy and foolish these people were, just travelling all the way and paying for the ticket to see an EMPTY WALL??

And right now you are thinking that, if it was you, you would not have done that. But the truth is, we are not much different from those tourists who had visited that empty wall. In our daily life in most instances, we wear the same shoe those tourists wore.

God has blessed us all with blessings that most people cannot even imagine having, but we forget to thank Him for that. Rather than what we have, we always like to look towards the empty wall of our lives, like those tourists.

Be content with what you have.

I know it is hard to practise it in our life, but it is not impossible to apply in life.

Now, take a moment and ask yourself, when was the last time you thanked God with all your heart for everything that you have now.Just remember that you will not be fully happy in your life till you learn to be content or satisfied with the things you have. So learn to appreciate the things that you have now in your life because you do not know what tomorrow holds.

Stop chasing after the world too much.You might think that you will be happy when you get certain things in your life. But unless you are satisfied with what you have, you will end up chasing the wind.

Before I conclude I would like my readers to read the following story –

A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.

Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.

Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only
need a very small area to bury me."


The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard every day to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health and fail to spend time with our family or appreciate the surrounding beauty or follow our passions sincerely.

So one day when we look back, we will realise that we don't really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.

So take a moment and thank God for everything you have.

Thanks for spending your valuable time on reading this humble post

God Bless You :)

The Theory of Living

The Theory of Living

Rather than “Living” one's life, many are nowadays trying to “Survive”, it. In other words, people nowadays are striving - to achieve their dreams, to make others happy and to not disappoint those who are counting on them. Give me a hallelujah if this sounds just about right.

I believe this world really has become far more complex now than it ever was before. Most people have learned to define their lives in the 140 characters of a tweet or a 6-second status on snapchat. Human emotions are now replaced by words like LOL, ROFL, AWW and so on. We have begun to forget how it is to “Live” like a real human. Looking around, we see young people sacrificing their youth in pursuit of material happiness, in a race to build their own kingdom, forgetting to “live” each moment of their life as it passes by. Ages later we see them living the life they had dreamed in their youth but now with one foot in the coffin.

Before proceeding kindly read the following story…

A Group of friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then began envying each other’s cups. Then the professor said,

“Now consider this: Life is the COFFEE; the jobs, money and position in the society are the CUPS. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us”.

God brews the coffee, not the cups.

Note that, The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Indeed we have to be a survivor when struggles try to knock us down, but it does not mean to forget to “live” the life that meant to be lived. Be grateful for the things that we have now. Remember that we live only once, so make sure that you will not regret it at the end. Stop trying to get approval from the people around you. Even if you do things well, there will be a group of people out there who still find faults in it. So don’t try to be someone else.

Be who you are.

Be grateful and live every moment.

Thank you for spending your valuable time in reading this article.

God Bless You