Life .. What Does It Mean To You ..

Everything happens for a reason and so is the truth .. Similarly, Everybody is brought in this world for a reason .. have you found why you're here for ?

In our daily life, we all are familiar with this phrase: "Get A Life".

People quote this more often when they see others doing nothing or

something that apparently seems annoying. But it is usually quoted

upon us when we show discontent with what we possess, when we lament

about the things we are deprived of.

Everybody wants a comfortable life that has in it all the joy and

fervor to make it beautiful. I believe most of us want an affluent and

gratifying life that experiences fulfillment in every way. But, have

we ever questioned our own conscience as to what we exactly want from

our lives…? Do we really need to meander about in search of

fulfillment and contention…? Have we ever shown satisfaction about

what we have in hand and what we do not require? There are so many

questions that arise when we sit back and think over it. The answers

however, lie within us only.

I firmly deem that nearly everyone of us has an inborn want, a desire

to be useful to this world. We all are in a desperate hunt to know

about the actual reason of our subsistence. "Why were we sent here?"

is a question that every heart wants to decipher. We all want to know

if there is a purpose behind what we do. We want to believe that we

really are needed, and that the duties and responsibilities that we

execute in time are significant and required, and that they actually

do tot up for something. And don't we know, that on an average every

person is perhaps disgruntled with the way his or her life is heading.

There are innumerable number of questions that can come up as we wake

up each day and unfortunately, not many of them are answered as we go

back to sleep at night. Happiness, Reward, Ambitions and Desires,

there are so many of them. But still there is a belief, a firm belief

that the Divine has promised us each and every comfort we long for,

which is why we sleep comfortably knowing that most of our questions

still remain unanswered, and that our purpose of life still remains

unknown to us.

Living without purpose makes us pursue lots of never-ending rainbows

that only bring disappointment, distress, cynicism, a vision of

failure, lethargy, bareness, and in a gist, a total worthlessness.

Dreams that we all see, are a reason for our survival. We live just to

make those things happen and bring peace to not only ourselves, but

also to the ones we depend upon and the ones we see them for.

Too often in their nature, most people are not pleased with the

vocation they are in or with the job that they are doing. A very dear

friend of mine once quoted as we were in a restaurant and nagging over

what we were having, "Food on other people's plates always looks

tastier". This is true in every circumstance just because "the grass

always looks greener on the other side of the fence". Isn't it a true

fact?

People will always be in a constant want of something big, something

exciting even when they are living a life that is furnished with

everything they desired. This is what we call "ingratitude". Rather

than doing their obligation willingly and carefully as unto the

Divine, they yield to a spirit of covetousness. As a result, they

miss God's best for their lives and fail to see the blessings they

already have.

We belong to a culture that regrettably teaches and educates us to

crave and covet for those things that the people in our surrounding

possess and it is disdainfully being endorsed everywhere. We contrast

our statii, wealth, garments, takings, vehicles, and everything else

that we either possess or don't possess at all. The result… we are by

no means happy or satisfied with the kind of lives we live.

If this is where our thoughts are at, we will pursue these things as

well. And as a consequence, we try and find ways and means to better

what we already possess and gain what we don't have, be it honestly or

dishonestly.

We should be modest and true in ourselves and acknowledge the Divine's

assignment for our lives and then allow Him to exalt us in due time.

In gist, be content and allow God to use you as a sweet smelling

fragrance where you are at, which is the key to reach our answers.

Most of the times, people who come into this world live a life to

satisfy their own ends without giving

We need to ask ourselves, why am I discontent and dissatisfied? What

is going on in my life that is making me this way? Why am I not

making the most of my life? Are my priorities out of order? Am I

putting more time and energy into those areas that are very little

consequence? Should I be putting more time into my family and my

marriage and service to God?

The reason of our lives thus lives right there… within us… in the

voice of our own conscience…

We just need to believe… and see how peace prevails within us and in

the entire human race.

Fathoming Life...

it was published in this newspaper: Greater Kashmir

Author's Note

it was an article i had written for a newspaper sometime back ..
hope you'd like it ..

Reviews

[Kelsey]

Very interesting. Nice job. :)

[Hamza]

oh .. thanks a lot :)

[Ashleigh Gilson]

I love it!

[Hamza]

thanks :)

[mknudson]

Wow. This piece is amazing... so many beautiful insights and questions you bring up. I completely agree with you when you say that we live in a society constantly desiring MORE than what we already have. I have noticed this a lot lately in my friends never being satisfied with what they are given/have. I love the quote you included: "Food on other people's plates always looks tastier". I have never heard of that comparison, but it fits perfectly into the whole "greedy" society notion.

May I ask, is there anything particular that sparked you to write this piece?

[Hamza]

there's more than just meets the eye ..
and the quote .. well it always made me laugh but it's somewhere true ..

nope .. it was just a thought .. or i can say an induced thought when we see people asking for things better than they usually possess ..
it's on common terms .. :)