I just when through a very low phase in my life recently when I suddenly felt that everything is so wrong. Needless to say, I was depressed and desperate. I have loads of friends. But now I can very safely say that that I am their friend. But they are not mine. Meaning to say that I drop in on them and check in to see if all is well with them every once in a while. But the same is never reciprocated. Not that I am expecting it on a day to day basis but suddenly when you are low, you’d wish that someone reaches out to you. I am really not expecting some one to solve my problems either but just to reach out and listen.
I had a good friend in the complex but as luck would have it, she shifted to Delhi. Again I would be there for Vaishali more than she could be there for me. Out of no fault of hers. It is just that when I would need her, she would be far away, geographically. But I knew she was there and that I could offload when she got back. But that is not possible. As a result I seemed to have withdrawn from general public as such.
Coming back to my blog title, as I was shopping for my daughter’s story books, I just wandered into the self-help section and chanced upon this book called “who will cry when you die” by Robin Sharma. It was almost like it was calling out to me. No the book is not as depressing as it sounds. I have begun reading it and it is rather simple really. Very basic things to follow in life. Simple things to do to get simple happiness out of life. And which really leads to tremendous joy in the end. Very simple, very profound. Normally I’d hate the feeling that I have to rely on such means to draw me out of depression, but it seems to have been worth it.
Robin Sharma says that the first 30 mins of your day is really important to gauge how the rest of your day is going to be like. So focus on positive and good things during the first few moments of your day and the rest of the day is sure to be good. You will deal with the problems at hand more effectively. I suddenly realized that the first thing I do with my day is pollute my mind with what is there in the morning paper. The world’s problems. Depending on what the morning paper has to offer, my mood would reflect it. So now I have positively decided to focus on something else, the Bible perhaps or some book that will help me uplift my thoughts.
My husband saw the title of my book and thought I had lost it!!!
So three cheers to positive thinking and positive living!
I had a good friend in the complex but as luck would have it, she shifted to Delhi. Again I would be there for Vaishali more than she could be there for me. Out of no fault of hers. It is just that when I would need her, she would be far away, geographically. But I knew she was there and that I could offload when she got back. But that is not possible. As a result I seemed to have withdrawn from general public as such.
Coming back to my blog title, as I was shopping for my daughter’s story books, I just wandered into the self-help section and chanced upon this book called “who will cry when you die” by Robin Sharma. It was almost like it was calling out to me. No the book is not as depressing as it sounds. I have begun reading it and it is rather simple really. Very basic things to follow in life. Simple things to do to get simple happiness out of life. And which really leads to tremendous joy in the end. Very simple, very profound. Normally I’d hate the feeling that I have to rely on such means to draw me out of depression, but it seems to have been worth it.
Robin Sharma says that the first 30 mins of your day is really important to gauge how the rest of your day is going to be like. So focus on positive and good things during the first few moments of your day and the rest of the day is sure to be good. You will deal with the problems at hand more effectively. I suddenly realized that the first thing I do with my day is pollute my mind with what is there in the morning paper. The world’s problems. Depending on what the morning paper has to offer, my mood would reflect it. So now I have positively decided to focus on something else, the Bible perhaps or some book that will help me uplift my thoughts.
My husband saw the title of my book and thought I had lost it!!!
So three cheers to positive thinking and positive living!
2 comments:
hmmmm title of the book sound very mournful, pun intended :-D. but the "first 30 mins" ideology is worth exploring.
U rightly mentioned in ur last line....positive thinking is the right way to go about this bumpy ride called LIFE
I would recommend "The Greatness Guide" by Robin Sharma, which I discovered a few months back. http://cogitatingmind.blogspot.com/2007/09/greatness-guide.html
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