Secret of Living well

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From the richest Man in the world to the wealthiest person, here’s a question, would you rather be rich or wealthy? I know I am with semantics, but my answer is that I want to be rich! Life “rich” chocolate or “rich” coffee, I want a life that is rich and full, and that also happens includes all the money I can honestly earn. It’s more important to be rich than merely wealthy.  Richness comes with the quality of your relationships with others, your value at workplace, your presence which makes someone smile. And the wealth follows you gradually.

The value of “Living well” does not require money to surround yourself with beauty. It does not require money to enjoy life and live well. It only requires a contented heart.  You must make sure every day before you go to sleep, you must have a contented heart with such thoughts that you learnt something new today, you explored something new, you made someone smile, you took out the time for your family or loved one to spend some quality time or you did great job at workplace. Richness comes when your inner soul is satisfied.

One of the great paradoxes of modern life is that we have more “stuff” than ever, but we live with more clutter, more stress, and too often, we are not happy! We fill our lives with hectic schedules. We fill our offices with files and papers and books and magazines until we dread going to work. We fill our refrigerators with so much food that we eat too much, then “can’t find time to exercise.

I am convinced that one of the keys to a “rich” life is simplicity. Here are two personal examples. Copy them if they happen to apply in your situation, otherwise use them as inspiration to find your own solutions.

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1.   .  People used to watch television. Some of us watch news, sit back at home and share opinions such as; it should not have happen like this, this is not right, etc. But what do we actually do to make those things on right? Do we take some actions to take things on right track? So, step out and speak loud, speak if something happening around you which is not right. Bring positive changes in yourself to bring those changes in the society. Fill your life with fascinating people, places and things. Practice being a “do-er” rather than a “watch-er”.
2.     Next, this week, let’s do an exercise. Check your mails once in a day and keep your phone aside, and guess what? You will discover that the world is not end! People are still alive, everything is still going on! And what you will discover is that you will have more time and a richer family, your friends and your life will become less miserable and well organized.

Set boundaries! Protect your privacy. Choose peace. We live in an age when money and prestige and the trappings of success have become more important than ever. We live in an era when we can earn more, have more and do more than ever, and the temptation is to lust after all those things. The good life however has not changed.