What about you? How do you carry on from day to day? Perhaps like me you have even wondered, why is it that a week doesn't have seven Sundays? Or perhaps you find yourself saying - 'I want to enjoy life. I am getting bored with a schedule that never changes. There is no excitement in my life.'
I bet that if you ask few friends about their life and they will say something similar. Why is it that life is becoming a bore for them and how can they make it exciting?
Can one escape work? Well, I guess you can, but no sensible person can escape it forever. Can a parent stop caring for his/her children? No. Can an executive stop making decisions? No.
Then how can you make life exciting? There must be some way. Well, yes, and I am glad you have asked - there is a way and it is very simple.
Just look out of your window and watch the sky. Do you observe any clouds? Look at them. Look at the different shapes? Who made them? From where did they arrive and where will they go? Look at some flowers in your home. Observe their symmetry. Touch and feel the softness. How lovely! We are surrounded by treasures, but we have no time to look at them. A child's smile can make today a different day than any other day. Try to make a child smile and feel the joy.
Look at the night sky. Observe the stars and think about the distances. Some are so far away that it takes light, hundreds of years to reach us. How many millions of years you will take to walk and reach them? What is beyond them? Observe, think and get excited. Life need never be dull for any of us.
Here is another example. While sitting at your table, have you ever wondered about the wood that was used to make it? Have you thought about the life of the tree? A small seed grew into a gigantic tree.
I find that very exciting. What about the tar on the road? It comes from deep inside the earth, goes to refineries and is then laid on the roads.
How deep must the oil well have been? How did they locate the oil and what will happen after we finish all the oil?
The world you and I live in is full of objects that can make us think and wonder. It is our attitude that makes our life. If we adopt a child-like attitude towards things, we will bring joy back in life. I am not asking you to give up your work to enjoy life but to just pay attention.
Find time during the day to look at things and wonder. Bring joy back in your life. You can begin right now. Look at your screen. What happens to the text after you shut down your computer? Where does everything go when you close the browser? Life is full of excitement - live it!
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