Only those who have experienced abundance in their lives
will know how to attract it and the value it creates.
Abundance is not about having money and material
riches. It is the ability to laugh, smile and be happy even when you have nothing
material with you. It is the inner peace that helps you sleep well – no matter
what circumstances confront and confound you. This abundance is attracted when
you let go and simply flow with Life. Letting go here means not worrying –
about a still unborn future – and ridding yourself of grief and guilt – about a
dead past. When you live your Life, flowing with Life, you will be soaked in
abundance!
A few days ago, we were invited to a Page 3
event at a five-star hotel. The event was being organized by a good friend. And
although we are not the Page 3 sort – we had never attended a Page 3 event
before this – we decided to go check out what it was all about. The event got
over in good time and as we were exiting the hotel, we bumped into a friend who
was staying there. He invited us to his room, where a few of his other friends
joined us. Soon the get together turned into an impromptu party. Someone sang a
song. And then others followed. It was so much fun. Finally, well past
midnight, we wound up.
As we were taking the elevator down, one of the
guests who was aware of our problems and my forthcoming book , asked me: “AVIS,
how is it that you are able to be so happy despite all that you are going
through?”
I replied: “I am not sure I know the answer to
your question. But I do know that being unhappy and brooding over my problems
can certainly not help me solve them.”
To be sure, letting go – dropping the worry and
the grief – did not come easily. It was difficult. In almost all situations the
human mind strives to make you believe that you control your Life. But what do
you do when you make all efforts to put things back in order, turn things
around and yet the threads of your Life are snatched away from you, knotted up
like a ball of wool would be, and are discarded far and beyond – again and
again and again? Letting go does not mean not picking up those threads again. It
means not feeling defeated when they are taken and cast away from you one more
time. Letting go therefore does not mean being complacent or irresponsible or
reckless. It simply means being in a calm, stoic acceptance of your current
reality, while working patiently to change it. When you are this way, calm and
accepting, you are peaceful and happy.
Now, inner peace and happiness are deeply
personal. So, it is possible that someone looking at your Life from outside
will conclude that you cannot be happy when you are placed in grievous or
challenging circumstances. Or, if such a person had a narrow view of Life, they
would be quick to judge and conclude that being happy is a sin. I have learnt
to let people say or think whatever they want to. In my choosing to let go and be
happy, I have been able to attract abundance in my Life. This abundance, I have
realized, is critical to be able to face Life’s challenges and to live each day
meaningfully. In the end, it’s not how long you
live that matters. What counts is how well you lived – enjoying the Life that
you have been given!
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