The world is in your drawing
room, it is clamouring to change your life with more and more sophisticated
toys. As a popular jingle goes, 'What separates the men from the boys is just
the price of their toys.’ Simplify and go home to what you really need.
The world is like a buffet
counter at a five-star hotel. Let's not grab everything on our plates. Let us
be choosy, so that we may avoid spiritual indigestion and physical exhaustion.
Let us replace stress with
positive emotions that engender joy. Let us increase our HQ.
‘I felt like a waterfall,’ said
Diane Roffe–Stainrotter, gold medallist skier in the 1994 winter Olympics. The
joy of a job perfectly executed, fills the body with the chemicals of bliss.
Professor Mihalyi Csikzent speaks
about a state called the flow, which athletes, musicians, surgeons—in fact
everyone experiences when they are at their best. It is the experience of doing
your job with total immersion in it. So absorbed are you, that there is no
place for anxiety or niggling worries.
Finding a job you love is one of
the ways you can immunise yourself against health problems. A good marriage is
a protective shield against heart attacks.
The capacity to enjoy the free
gifts of Nature—sunlight, rain or flowers starts the flow of the chemicals of
bliss. It is in this gentle chemical bath that the body is able to replace
dying and dead tissues. Merely avoiding negative emotions is not enough; one
should consistently cultivate the positive emotions: love, compassion, courage
and peace.
Stress is the epidemic of the new
millennium. Protect yourself.
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