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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 3
We should not bother about what our friends and relatives think our priorities should be. There is no harm in considering their opinions in such contemplation on merits; but the priorities simply because it was stated by some one important should not be accepted. The priorities should not be the ones that the images on TV say we should become.
I know too many people who suffer through their days at work, doing what they dislike only for their paycheck. That’s where the expression, “Thank God tomorrow is a holiday”, came from. People suffer through their weeks only to find relief on the weekends or when they go on vacation. It is bare truth that we spend the majority of our lives living in ways that we don’t want to live and doing things that we don’t want to do. This is because of poor will.
The main question in life is “ do we really want to be happy?” Do we will for the same with determination and conviction? I strongly believe the feeling of Santushti or being satisfied with what we have is the first step in becoming happy. This is the secret of happiness. If this is not there any amount
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