SHARING IS CARING for
HAPPINESS
Hello. The very first thing which I would like to expatiate with you is the very importance of thoughts and intuition in our lives. Simple living and high thinking might not be a good idea to live your life happily. Simplicity to me is by far not the only thing, we cannot think of a life without money and enjoyment. High thinking still persists in our society. Girls are ready to rub their shoulders with every legitimate man in the society, Young boys and girls are proving themselves with great zest and zeal to crumble the preconceptions of old, rigid and conservative society. We will have to make our world and our society capable enough to be the most adorable and loving place to live on. I am not talking about politics and good administration. It is a perception of equal rights, equality, love, respect for women or anything that can be attributed to a holistic development of our minds. I like learning things, for learning is something whose very inception lies in our society. Kindly have a look at the prolific thoughts of my ever favorite person ‘Albert Einstein’ who always give much importance to intuition and knowledge than university studies. After reading this you may feel that why most of the students feel bored and underestimated when they give up their studies at university or colleges. I often see them shattered by memories of past college days. But we always forget that true celebration is much more than parties and eating junctions and it survives forever...
- "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
- "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
- “One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year."
- "A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Let me end this boring talk and Please don’t misunderstand me. I am not suggesting anything to you. For me you are no less imperative than 'Alladin ka chirag' because you have some hidden assets which can be prolific not only for me but for you also. This is just a friendly talk. I call it ‘Sharing’.
If I can do that, everyone can do that. But sharing should always be positive and not one-sided. It should be holistic so that it will benefit both who shares.
The only imperative part of our life is ‘To share’ – Other name of happiness……Read further to understand sharing, a great tale of two seas...
A tale of Two Seas by (Unknown author)
Sitting in the Geography class in school, I remember how fascinated I was whenwe were being taught all about the Dead Sea. As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea (and as my Geography teacher pointed out, if you understood that, it would guarantee 4 marks in the term paper!) Its so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read a book! The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times the normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No sea animals. Nothing lives in the Dead sea.
And hence the name: Dead Sea.
While the Dead Sea has remained etched in my memory, I don't seem to recall learning about the Sea of Galilee in my school Geography lesson. So when I heard about the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea and the tale of the two seas - I was intrigued. Turns out that the Sea of Galilee is just north of the Dead Sea. Both the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea receive their water from river Jordan. And yet, they are very, very different.
Unlike the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee is pretty, resplendent with rich, colorful marine life. There are lots of plants. And lots of fish too. In fact, the sea of Galilee is home to over twenty different types of fishes. Same region, same source of water, and yet while one sea is full of life, the other is dead. How come? Here apparently why. The River Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee and then flows out. The water simply passes through the Sea of Galilee in and then out - and that keeps the Sea healthy and vibrant, teeming with marine life. But the Dead Sea is so far below the mean sea level, that it has no outlet. The water flows in from the river Jordan, but does not flow out. There are no outlet streams. It is estimated that over 7 million tons of water evaporate from the Dead Sea every day. Leaving it salty. Too full of minerals. And unfit for any marine life.
The Dead Sea takes water from the River Jordan, and holds it. It does not give. Result? No life at all.
Think about it.
Life is not just about getting. Its about giving. We all need to be a bit like the Sea of Galilee.
We are fortunate to get wealth, knowledge, love and respect. But if we don't learn to give, we could all end up like the Dead Sea. The love and the respect, the wealth and the knowledge could all evaporate. Like the water in the Dead Sea.
If we get the Dead Sea mentality of merely taking in more water, more money, more everything the results can be disastrous. Good idea to make sure that in the sea of your own life, you have outlets. Many outlets. For love and wealth - and everything else that you get in your life. Make sure you don't just get, you give too. Open the taps. And you'll open the floodgates to happiness.
Make that a habit. To share. To give.
Hopefully, Good bye
Take care
Dr.Harpreet Singh
