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Getting Ready
Manjit Handa, PhD
Most of us grumble about the status quo in life but believe it or not, we still prefer it to any kind of change. Better still, we would like to have an increment, win a lottery, get admitted to the top University or get selected in a multinational company, but not face a close relative’s sudden death, illness, a demotion or layoff.
We all know life is uncertain and death inevitable. Yet how many of us are really ready and geared up for any drastic change, especially an unpleasant one? Mostly everyone is an escapist. When confronted with such a question we become evasive or just brush it aside saying we’ll see when the time comes or anything bad happens.
And so when something horrid takes place, life wakes us up from complacency with a jolt and we are crushed emotionally and mentally. We read tragedies or identify with the sadness of a protagonist in a novel or film, not so much to make ourselves ready for our own tragedies, but to feel better about our pleasant condition as compared to theirs.
And we need to simply reiterate the transitory nature of it all. By reminding ourselves everyday about the temporal and fleeting character of life, we not only accept unpleasant changes gracefully but also save ourselves of the after shock. More so, we make our present more fulfilling and gratifying. To ready oneself for any situation in life is true spirituality and the crux of true understanding of life.
Let us be able to take ourselves to that pinnacle.
Still preparing,
Manjit
Published on August 1, 2006 04:51 PM
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