यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवं परिषेवते : ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति चाध्रुवं नष्टमेव हि: Chanakya
Do not abandon truth and right association and follow falsehood for the fulfillment of certain selfish desires. If you do this, the truth within you will also be erased and life will become unhappy. Therefore, act only by recognizing truth and falsehood, and then the journey of life will move towards happiness.
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Let us think deeply! What is human life? How should it be lived? Human life is a journey from birth to death. Whether one likes it or not, everyone born on this earth has to experience the period from childhood to old age. Whether rich or poor, if one thinks deeply, human life is simply a pursuit of happiness. It is done this way or that way. Whether it is done or not, people do not know that their life has passed.
Mysterious human life
It is a mystery how many people die after experiencing happiness, but it is difficult to find a person who does not know sorrow and pain. In this world, every person wants to earn money to live his life and also enjoy happiness. People work hard to earn a living according to their knowledge, education, skills and abilities. But they forget to light the lamp of happiness and peace in their precious life.
Experience of life
Many people leave their birthplace and migrate to convenient and developed places, temporarily or permanently, to earn money, name, and respect. No one finds happiness by staying in one place, and no one can stay in one place. By visiting new places, people are building new knowledge and awareness. No one can remain the same after traveling to a new place.
A verse from Chanakya Niti: यस्तु सञ्चरते देशान् सेवते यस्तु पण्डितान्। तस्य विस्तारिता बुद्धिस्तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसिः
A person who serves or associates with wise men and travels to various countries , his wisdom grows, just as a drop of oil falls on water and spreads.
New places, new people, new tastes, and new surroundings make people feel different. Many problems come and go in life, but some people may think that no matter where they go, the problems are the same, the pain is the same, and what happens when they go somewhere, and what happens when they travel?
Travel teaches tolerance
Traveling to a place with clean air and natural beauty fills the body with different kinds of energy. Even if it is for a day, going on a hike gives a different kind of excitement. Sometimes you can travel alone in a safe place. Many feelings and thoughts that come to mind when traveling alone help you understand yourself, and you get a chance to examine your life. Travel also increases natural and socio-cultural tolerance.
Peace and a fresh mind
When traveling alone, you can reach a secluded place and cry or scream, which can make your mind lighter. The loss of the freshness of mind heals. In past eras, people used to visit forests, mountains, and riverbanks to find peace and happiness. Even today, exploring natural beauty is considered an integral part of life’s journey, and people enjoy visiting various places.
Research based tours
The fun of traveling with friends you love is also different. In addition, the curiosity of traveling with new people is also different. In addition, if the person you love is also traveling with you, you get a golden opportunity to get closer to them and understand each other through conversation. In an unknown place, forgetting your name and identity, talking to new people, and listening to new ideas and arguments is different. As an adult, it is fun to walk, listen to young people, or play with children.
Many types of journey
There are many types of journeys. Work journeys to earn money, travel to different places for fun, travel for educationTravel to visit friends and relatives, and other opportunities, inner journeys, travel to build relationships, wandering journeys to new places. Some people’s journeys are not as expected. Many kinds of funny and strange events happen during the journey.
Socio-cultural tours
Some people’s journeys turn and break in the middle. Some reach their destination, some get stuck in the middle. Wind, water, and sun, they have to experience ups and downs during the journey. Some meet on the journey, some go on a journey. Whatever the journey, no one can accompany anyone until the end. After reaching their station, everyone changes their path, that is, gets on or off. Not everyone has the same destination, and no one can accompany and wait.
Travel for pleasure
Sometimes, people get support physically, ideologically, and emotionally, but most of the time, a person’s journey is lonely.
When they cannot walk happily alone and start looking for the support of others, they start feeling sad. Expecting from others is a source of suffering. It is useless to be sad because others do not understand them, and others do not support them on their journey.
People keep complaining about others, but they themselves cannot always support others. Human life is full of contradictions. When they are alone, they seek support, when they are with others, they seek freedom. People seem to run thinking that life is a race, but many have not yet taken stock of what they have gained and what they have lost in the race. Many do not even know that it is time to retire from life, although they say that they do not have time.
Let’s say more about this.
I wanted to say that life is not a race, it is a journey, there is no need to reach anywhere, there is no need to achieve anything, just a peaceful and joyful feeling of moving forward while doing charity and public welfare is enough.
In the physical journey, some walk fast and some walk slowly, some walk together and get lost, but life is a continuous journey that continues until death. To make this meaningful journey of life easy, peaceful and happy, we must especially adopt the art of living.
In the flood of sorrow in human life, all things of happiness are burning in the fire of sorrow. Here, happiness and other human aspects like love, compassion, patience, forgiveness, cooperation and harmony create a kind of awareness in the person who is in the flood of sorrow and save the life from being sad, desolate and lonely.
In such a situation, people do not hesitate to commit self-immolation. At such times, people only expect love, affection and support. They only have a vague hope that these elements can be obtained from others. And hope that life can be made happy and easy.
But in this world, instead of just giving love to the poor and needy, governments, societies, writers and literary figures are dedicated to making a basket of literature about poverty and misery. But everyone seems to lag behind in providing the poor and needy with bread, clothing for their bodies and a place to live.
Why has abject poverty become so prevalent in the world? Woe to such governments for their misguided plans to feed, shelter and clothe the poor, for which they are wasting the wealth they have earned through their evil deeds.
Conclusion
Life is a divine gift. Its origin and end are mysterious. We are unable to know the good or bad events that will happen in the future and the end time of life. It is up to us to make our life easy, peaceful and happy or uncomfortable and unhappy. Elements like unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, lack of discipline, family and social friendship or harmony are the reasons for life to be miserable, while healthy diet, proper exercise, harmony and discipline in family life are the reasons for a happy and peaceful life journey. So let us adopt positive behavior and make our life journey successful.
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