Though our country got independence more than 60 years ago, yet most of our people are still suffering from serious ailments of poverty and affiliated afflictions, all because of the corrupt leaders and selfish politicians on the whole. While Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose used to say: " I dream of a State, where there will be no inequality of wealth, each individual will have equal opportunity for education and advancement; where labour and work shall get full respect and there will be no place for idlers; a society which will be free from foreign influence and interference,. This dream is eternal truth for me, for which everything can be done, all can be given up, all kinds of sufferings may be endured; Worries and fears of any kind are the most evil enemies of self-confidence. These have to be won over not only for the betterment of the nation, but also for your individual success.
In Sanskrit, there is a quotation: “As is the Universe, so is our body” and similar is the case of the nations. The philosophers and great thinkers of even the western world ruled about the advancement of their own countries, as the system completely eroded nobility, humanity and virtuosity of their masses. But our leaders consider otherwise! In so far as the country's affairs are concerned, the picture is very dismal, let us therefore turn to our own personal matters. According to many great thinkers, it is entirely up to us as to whether we want to be happy or worried; it is wholly of our own choosing.
Abraham Lincoln, one of the great Presidents of the U.S.A., stated in one of his lectures that people are as much happy as they want to be. And conversely they are certainly as much worried as they desire.
But the question who wants to be in worries, pains and suffering? Is this not a dilemma? All the same the selection is in your hands!
In this context, Indian hero Kishore kumar, who has since expired, used to always sing songs cheerfully. Someone once asked him - "What was the secret of his being so cheerful?" Kishore Kumar replied - "there is nothing secret in my being cheerful all the while. This is an obvious as your nose is on your face. When I get up in the morning, there are two things before me and I have to choose from amongst these. I make the selection of remaining happy and cheerful and that is all to it.
There was a couple; the husband was a professor and his wife was a housewife. But the habits of both of them were entirely different; the professor husband always remained cheerful, while his wife was miserable most of the time, feigning some trouble or worry all the while. When a newcomer came to their house, the professor introducing his wife used to say that she is the owner of a factory. And when the newcomer asked about the production of her factory, the professor would say that troubles, worries and pains were produced in his wife's factory! Many of us are the sort of people who own, such factories and mostly remain sad or sorrowful for no rhyme or reason!
In Hindi, there is a proverb; The world is how you view it. So we must change our outlook as best as possible in order to enjoy our everyday life. The best remedy of removing the ailments of worry is to keep yourself so much busy that you may have time to think and get tired so that you may be able to do only almost essential, viz., taking food etc., and a few hours to sleep!
During the Second World War when Hitler had let loose all the destruction and fury over England, the Prime Minister, Mr.Winston Churchill, was surrounded from all sides with problems, he had to work eighteen hours a day underground, he was asked by someone as to how he was able to discharge his immense responsibilities that must have kept him worried, Churchill's reply was - "I have very little time already; where is the time for worries?" Hence the simple rule is that we must always keep our mind busy on good and constructive ideas, ever thinking of today. Because life exists today; yesterday is gone already and tomorrow never comes. One Sanskrit poet has written: What is past is past and that which is to come is not certain. Therefore, man should do that which pertains to the present. Mahakavi Kalidas has described the importance of present day in glorious terms - In his immortal poem, he states that we must welcome dawn, because life belongs to our present day and is the sum-total of all. All realities are hidden in our present day, as yesterday is gone and tomorrow is only a dream. In today are hidden all the boons, the significance of work and development and the secret of success. Enjoy it while working for the good of all; never allow this to pass without adding lustre to life as whole. Because if it is gone, it is gone for ever!
Our late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was quite small in size; hence once a correspondent asked him that it must be matter of worry to him. But Shastriji's reply was: Nanak says - Remain small like the tiny grass; all great ones have fallen, but the small grass remains happily when a storm rages on the earth. Ever remain polite and you will be loved and respected. Besides what cannot be cured, must be endured happily with cheer. Compromise with what is true and bow down like the tiny grass, otherwise if you stand erect like a tree when the wind blows with fury, you are going to break down. It is stated: If there is some remedy for the ills, find it out immediately. But if you cannot find any remedy, then why keep worrying for nothing.
The best remedy for fears and worries is to pray and keep on doing your duties most sincerely, honestly and truthfully. You must have faith in His will and accept by adapting yourself to the adverse circumstances, if you feel you are surrounded by some. Never give up but think of a way out and leave off worrying. Because if you keep on fearing the worst, you are likely to feel depressed. On the other hand, if you deliberately shake these off from your mind and be bold to face the worst, preparing yourself mentally and physically, you ware bound to feel comfortable! Only rare people are able to understand the riddle of life.
In Sanskrit, it is said Like a wheel, the good and bad days go on turning, as day follows night, so night is followed by day. After pain, you feel more joy in pleasure, as stated: After pitch darkness, like the sigh of light, similarly after experiencing sufferings, pleasure is more enjoyable. One who is facing troubles becomes poor, such a person though alive bodily, is considered like a dead one. So, even in troubles and sufferings we must thank God that we have endured our sins' results, And now the good days are bound to come, which we can enjoy keeping our head erect.
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