23rd April 2010
Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending.
Barbara Holland
We have to learn from the nature. Weeds are automatic. We need not grow them. But we have to plant a useful seedling and carefully nurture and grow the same. We don't have to attend to the weeds. Even if you don't plant a useful plant, weeds will grow.
Our mind is also like a fertile soil. Gloom is natural, but joy has to be nurtured. You will have many reasons to feel gloomy. But you need to have only one reason to be happy: you want to be happy, decide to be happy and so remain happy. But you don't have to decide to be gloomy. Like weeds, gloom is natural. I will give another example. You need not do anything for the plant to wither away. Just do nothing and the plant will wither away and die. But you have to regularly water the plant to make it fresh and allow it to grow.
This law of nature is very relevant for our mind also. You have to find out all the reasons to feel and remain happy. If you start looking for reasons to feel gloomy, you will find out all the reasons. The more and more you do this, your mind will be occupied with all the disempowering thoughts. Over a period of time you will become a specialist to remain gloomy. This state of mind will affect your body chemistry and physiology since there is always a strong connection between your body and mind.
Every day, before going to bed, spend just five minutes to list all that you already have to feel on the top of the world. Do this exercise everyday for a month and notice what happens to your mental health and consequently your energy level!
N C Sridharan
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