"The adventure of life is to
learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The
challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The
opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of
life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give." - William Arthur Ward
Recently I met one of my paternal
aunts after 20 years. She is 90 years old. She was excited to see me after many
years, and became energetic although she was physically ill. Upon hearing the
news of my coming, she kept cell phone with her as she did not want to miss my
telephone call. We recalled various things about our past life including
pleasant and unpleasant experiences and challenges. I still remember her who
tailored clothes for me when I was 5 years old.
She led a tough life as she became widow at the age of 25 itself. She
brought up her one son and two daughters by working as a nurse in a hospital.
She encountered several challenges, and my father who was also a poor man stood
by her and helped her whenever she was in problems. That was how she led her
life. Now she is alone staying separately cooking for herself and leading a
lonely life. She has several physical ailments and her body doesn’t support. Upon
my arrival to her home after many years, she prepared a coffee for me although
she was weak to get up and do it. She said finally that past life was always
better despite living in poverty as people valued relations. She felt very sad
that people presently don’t care much about relations.
Whenever I meet aged people I ask them
what lessons they learned in their lives as I intend to author a book on
“Life”. When I asked my aunt what
lessons she learned during her lifetime, she outlined three lessons which are beneficial
to you:
1. Follow
your heart.
2. Don’t
criticize others. Stay away, if you don’t like someone.
3. Weigh
pros and cons before you make a decision.
She finally said, “Old age is the
worst phase of life.” Then I said that life is incomplete without passing
through the old age. I reminded her fact that young man looks at the future;
middle aged man looks at the present; and an old man looks back to his past.
Everyone undergoes these stages, and life is incomplete without these three
phases. She agreed with my opinion.
Learn to thank God for giving you
life. Help others during your lifetime. Don’t develop ill-will against others.
Love people. Make a difference. Remember
that you have been blessed with only one life. Hence, do whatever the best you
can do for others so that you can leave this world peacefully without any
regrets at your deathbed.
“God allows us to experience the low
points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other
way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the
meanings underlying them.” - Stanley Lindquist
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