Life and Longing

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths " Etty Hillesum

The irony of our times is that we spend years agonizing over a particular need, a specific desire and when we finally attain it…we move on to the next one! We don’t enjoy our achievement at all, which we spent years working hard to accomplish. Forever wanting, forever waiting, for an absolution we never get….

Then arises restlessness, a sense of urgency, sleepless nights, tormentous thoughts, anguish rules, misery looms large, distress decapitates our happiness completely.

Plan ahead, but learn to enjoy this moment. It is never going to come again because unfortunately we can’t hit the rewind button for life to relive the good times once again. If we don’t live in the moment, we snatch from it the opportunity of giving us joy…

Don’t let longing erase the joy of living….take life by the reins and you lead the way…life will follow…