Peace of mind and Health are universally considered the greatest achievements in life. In the third world countries, especially in the south Asian region, for most of the families, surviving with a secured source of food, shelter and clothes is the chief source of concern. Hence, people here start their daily struggle to secure their physical existence since childhood. Children are goaded to read well, secure good marks, get a secured livelihood and look after their own family the way their forefathers did from penury to more penury. Poverty makes everyone apprehensive and they start cut throat competition for the infinitesimally small opportunity that exists. in the process, they give up all human quality and become self centered.
Though a
very few manage to secure life by way of cosy income, they lose out the vital
asset - peace of mind and happiness in life. Childhood spends their time after goal pursuit,
youth, after climbing up the corporate ladder and by the time middle age sets
in, people realise that they have achieved a few selfish relation that will not
see them through in their old age wintry season till their last breath. They get a big zero
and spend the entire life in sweet nothing.
Ask yourself
a few questions. Will your offspring look you after when you are old and
infirm, when you will require physical care and supervision? Will your children, after their day’s work, come to sit near you, ask your wellness of the day and
tell you stories the way you did when they were little kids? If they are
settled at a far distance, will they fly down to you once a while or video chat
with you for at least an hour every day?
Remember,
your money will not be able to buy you the care and love the way a true
affection can do. Nurses, Midwife even a Doctor or Old-age-home care-givers will
not satisfy you as much as your own children could do for their emotional ties, not for consideration. At this time around, one
realises what one has accumulated all his/her life.
Money has
three eventual outcomes - earning, preservation, expenditure. If you do not
deposit love and care in your Bank of Emotion through dedicated love for others,
you are going to be a broke in your moments of helplessness.
We enjoy
peace and happiness by three ways. One is by the way to be in communion with
Natural elements - rivers, sea, forest, hills, quiet natural ambiance. Second, by
seeing, interacting with men, animals and other creatures. That’s why we keep
pets, play with them, visit the zoo etc. Third method of deriving pleasure and
happiness is through selfless, unconditional charitable services to these men, animals
like feeding them, treating them medically to remove their ailments, providing them clothes, shelters etc.
We’re
trained by conventional schools how to earn money. The westernised educational system makes us doctors,
engineers, lawyers, chartered accountants etc. But, we do not get the training
of preserving, maximising our income. We are never taught investments. Hence, what we earn,
eventually is siphoned off by the clever 1% and the Govt by way of Income tax,
inflation and mutual fund manipulations. We after our working life find out
that we have not been able to accumulate any wealth. We've been able to save only the paltry little to
see us through till our last breath. Then the son and the daughter will begin from
where we’d started long ago and thus, the poverty lineage will continue.
From both
money and relation point of view, we see that almost entire life we strive to
get peace and happiness but end up miserably losing all one of them. That’s why
we are seen desperately seeking temporary solace mongering in quick trips to hill stations, forest
trips etc. We call them vacationing. Actually, it’s a desperate attempt to get
the pleasure through Nature. Some of us are seen involved in charitable
activities, donating in charitable trusts, NGOs to get the same happiness that
we derive by feeding others unconditionally.
Best
solution lies in the fact that children be given the idea of inculcating value,
selflessness through their curriculum and class studies. Otherwise, we’ll
continue to create insensitive Frankesteins which will again beget a bleak
progeny.
[By profession this author is a 38 years' experienced private tutor. Visit https://www.dbhattacharjee.com to know more.
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