My First thoughts

Human mind, as they has a plethora of relevant, irrelevant thoughts. A majority of them occupying the mind to zip through our day to day lives pertaining to relationships, jobs, kids, grocery and so on. Then there is a part of our mind, which reflects on different aspects of our surroundings, environment, situations, events and happenings. These thoughts come with lot of open questions that need answers, abundant ideas or just plain views. How many of us share them let alone act upon them? I am one such person, where my mind gets clouted with lot of thoughts overflowing with a strong urge to just pen that down. Just sharing one such situation!

Recently, I was counseling my 8 year old son, not to be afraid of anyone and be bold in whatever he does. However, being from a theist family, brought up going to temples, doing numerous pujas during the day, I immediately corrected myself to telling him not to be afraid of anyone except GOD. In my mind however, this question did pop-up that do we really need to be afraid of GOD? An emphatic “Noo” was the answer. There are too many nasty elements to be afraid of, so how can God be one of them?

Many people believe in miracles showered upon us by the Almighty. My thoughts and life’s experience tells me there are no miracles. GOD has given us the power within to perform such wonders. Your belief in your abilities, your judgement to do the right, strength to perform your duties, courage to face the ups & downs and simply the zeal to live life are the real miracles happening all around us. Just because it happens everyday doesn’t mean its not a miracle! So GOD to me is a father, a guardian and a friend, whom I am sure will never abandon me or scare me because I am his creation and he will want to be proud of his creation!

What you want

As humans, we often confuse desires with needs. What we want, we desire, aspire for may not actually be our requirement. Minimalism is the latest buzz word attracting many, with people of excessive means following it more than an average one.

The concept is simple.  Get only what you need and not what you want.  While the concept is beguiling, the fact of the matter is we are almost always driven by our desires our wants and that is what actually drives us. We want to earn more because we want to buy bigger houses, bigger cars, wear branded clothes. But as the materialistic surplus mounts, our wants take a different form and shape. When we know we can buy what we want with the money amassed, it just stops giving the same pleasure. We start looking for something meaningful and start exploring other means of satisfaction, happiness.

Ultimately, it is only about your desires and wants. Traditionally, we associate desires with money, love and materials. Desire can take any form or shape. Desire to innovate, to do philanthropy, bring about a change around us, even move away from materialistic world. Eventually, you can be happy, contented, at peace, if you pursue what you desire. When you know, you tried your best to get what you wanted. It doesn’t matter if you follow minimalism or maximalism, the only thing that matters is to pursue What You Want.