If you are still living, it's because you have not yet arrived at the place you should be

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Peace of mind

This is a story from Buddha's life.

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. Thiswas in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink! So he came back and told Buddha, The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink. After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha. Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said, See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be. and the mud settled down on its own and you got clear water. Your mind is also like that! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle
down on its own. You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.

He said, Having Peace of Mind is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process! When there is peace inside you, that peace permeates to the outside. It spreads around you and in the environment, such that people around start feeling that peace and grace.

i wonder..will god forgive us for what we've done to each other but then i realized that god left this place a long time ago -Blood Diamonds

How much do we think we know ourselves and how much do we actually know??As much as I think I know about myself, there are some things about myself I fail to understand. I have this annoying habit of trying to analyze things which only adds to the trouble like now. I am feeling a particular way……I don’t know why…and I am trying and trying to make some sense of the whole thing and so this blog. Have you noticed there are times when so many plans come up and you don’t know which one to go ahead with…and you secretly wish that u could just not do any of those things and just go off on your own. But if you do that you land up carrying the baggage of guilt which plagues you all the time. People say that one is being arrogant or acting like a snob but why don’t they understand that I probably need more space. I enjoy the company of friends and all but just wish that people’s expectations were better left to themselves…..why force your expectation on someone else. Ive dealt with my expectations being unfulfilled why cant they???

Every battle is not meant to be fought and every point is not meant to be proven. Some things in life are just meant to be... how they are!!

I am a puppet in my own life
Some strings Ive given up myself,
Some have never been in my control ,
And some I never knew even existed until they were yanked!