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Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few
seconds. I
thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I
have not
used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy cam in
last 2
years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month
and
many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy cam just out of
impulse,
I have used it twice only in last 4 years.
So, what's wrong
and where? When I look at myself or my friends I can see
it everywhere. We
are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and
not happy for the
things we don't have. You have a Santro, but you want
City; You have a City,
but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone,
we need another one.
Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house,
more money, and .I means,
these examples are endless. The point is, does
it actually worth? Do we ever
think if we actually need those things
before we want them?
After
this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don't. May be I
didn't
need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my
father back
at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn't need 32"
Sony LED wall
mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask
him to change the
phone, he always says, "It’s a phone; I need this just
for calls."
And
believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited
resources
and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with
so little is
that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but
he wants only
those things which are making his life easier. It's! a very
fine line between
these two, but after looking my father's life style
closely, I got the point.
He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He
needs a TV but not the 32" LED.
He needs a car but not an expensive one.
Initially I had lot of
questions.
I am earning good; still I am not happy...why?
I have
all luxuries; still I am stressed.... ....... why?
I had a great weekend,
still I am feeling tired...... why?
I met lot of people, I thought over
it again and again, I still don't know
if I got the answers, but certainly
figured out few things. I realize that
one thing which is keeping me stressed
is the "stay connected" syndrome. I
realized that, at home also I am logged
in on messengers, checking mails,
using social networks, and on the top of
that, the mobile is not letting
me disconnected. On the weekend itself,
trying to avoid unwanted
calls,Whatsup updates and that is keeping my mind
always full of stress. I
realized that I am spending far lesser money than
what I earn; even then I
am always worried about money and more money. I
realized that I am saving
enough money I would ever need, whenever needed.
Still I am stressed about
job and salary and spend.
May be, many
people will call this approach "not progressive attitude",
but I want my life
back. Ultimately it's a single life, a day gone is a
day gone. I believe if I
am not happy tonight, I'll never be happy
tomorrow morning. I finally
realized that meeting friends, spending
quality time with your loved one's;
spending time with yourself is the
most important thing.
If on Sunday
you are alone and you don't have anybody to talk with, then
all that luxuries
life, all that money is wasted. May be cutting down your
requirements,
re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's
happiness is a
worthwhile thing to do. May be selling off your Santro and
buying Honda City
on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your
happiness ahead of money
is the choice we need to make.
I think, a lot can be said and done but
what we need the most is
re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we
are giving to our life
and people associated with it.
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