Today, I got a message from two of my good friends, the message was wonderful
Awakening Thought written on the wall of graveyard, 'This place is full of those people who once thought this world cant run without them'..
Family and Career are two most important elements of individual’s life. Career brings Fame, Recognition and Money while Family brings completeness, satisfaction, love and sense of belongingness. We believe, only money / lifestyle can bring wellbeing / satisfaction to family and we involve ourselves into race of earning as much money as we can so that we can bring best to our family....
Chetan Bhagat insisted on Balanced Life in one of his speech. He said that
Balanced life is all about making sure that you have TIME, ENERGY, HEALTH, RELATIONSHIP and MENTAL PEACE before making all attempts and involve yourself only in getting money.
Take an example of JAPAN, one of the most prosperous countries in terms of GDP, More than Lacs of people died or lost... Living without water and electricity. Go to the rural areas of India where Food, Water and Electricity are critical problem, despite of that you may find that people are living peacefully. They have accepted their present status. I feel people at Japan those who are affected are poor than people in India living without electricity, water and sometimes without food for a day.
I know few people, who has successful business, earning money which is necessary for them to live Balanced Life, they have time, energy, health, maintaining excellent relationship, socially active and having mental peace. They take their families on vacation every year, they participate in all social events, they make sure that they enjoy Sundays with their kids. Though they are earning less than the Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, Executive Directors and Regional Heads, they are far better than them because they have everything else which can bring Mental peace, happiness, they have time to enjoy with family, they are approachable and available for their kids. I know the lifestyle of people whose earning is in Crores but they are poor in terms of health, mental peace and Time. They don’t have time for kids, most of the time kids are being raised by Grandparents or House Servants.
One of My Friend’s Friend, died at the age of 37, due to sudden cardiac arrest, at midnight leaving his wife and kids (Whose age is not more than 10 years) alone. He was a Executive Director with the Wealth Management Company earning more than Rs 1 Crore a year.....What a tragedy! But there are number of such examples.... This is the dark side of prosperity.
I am writing all these, because I knew that the secret of life does not lies only in Money, but also in Time, Relationship and Mental Peace. When I resigned from my job and started following my passion, I found the real treasure.... and that is my family and friends. So today, I don’t wish to create only wealth, but a wealth which I can cherish with my family and friends, and that wealth also comprises of Time, happiness, enjoyment, love, belongingness apart from money. So if you do not have taken the decision of balanced life, take it now....You have potential to feed your family evenif you are not doing a job, and there is no doubt about it. Let the prosperity follows Family.
Awakening Thought written on the wall of graveyard, 'This place is full of those people who once thought this world cant run without them'..
Family and Career are two most important elements of individual’s life. Career brings Fame, Recognition and Money while Family brings completeness, satisfaction, love and sense of belongingness. We believe, only money / lifestyle can bring wellbeing / satisfaction to family and we involve ourselves into race of earning as much money as we can so that we can bring best to our family....
Chetan Bhagat insisted on Balanced Life in one of his speech. He said that
- There is no fun in shopping when you are doing alone and your family is at far.
- There is no point in creating wealth when you don’t have time for school function of your daughter, especially when she is making her first attempt of participation.
- There is no point getting promotion on the day you breakup. Or getting promotion and being at the farthest place from your family and missing your family.
- There is no point in driving a car when your back hurts,
- Being with your loved once and busy in a conference call with your superiors.
- There is no point being in the office on Sunday Morning because your targets are not achieved, rather than playing cricket with your kids.
- There is no point missing your family and friends on Facebook when you dont have time to call them and be with them.
- There is no point when you are so involved in the race of money and fame, that you only use facebook to wish birthdays and anniversary rather than go and meet your friends and hug them.
Balanced life is all about making sure that you have TIME, ENERGY, HEALTH, RELATIONSHIP and MENTAL PEACE before making all attempts and involve yourself only in getting money.
Take an example of JAPAN, one of the most prosperous countries in terms of GDP, More than Lacs of people died or lost... Living without water and electricity. Go to the rural areas of India where Food, Water and Electricity are critical problem, despite of that you may find that people are living peacefully. They have accepted their present status. I feel people at Japan those who are affected are poor than people in India living without electricity, water and sometimes without food for a day.
I know few people, who has successful business, earning money which is necessary for them to live Balanced Life, they have time, energy, health, maintaining excellent relationship, socially active and having mental peace. They take their families on vacation every year, they participate in all social events, they make sure that they enjoy Sundays with their kids. Though they are earning less than the Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, Executive Directors and Regional Heads, they are far better than them because they have everything else which can bring Mental peace, happiness, they have time to enjoy with family, they are approachable and available for their kids. I know the lifestyle of people whose earning is in Crores but they are poor in terms of health, mental peace and Time. They don’t have time for kids, most of the time kids are being raised by Grandparents or House Servants.
One of My Friend’s Friend, died at the age of 37, due to sudden cardiac arrest, at midnight leaving his wife and kids (Whose age is not more than 10 years) alone. He was a Executive Director with the Wealth Management Company earning more than Rs 1 Crore a year.....What a tragedy! But there are number of such examples.... This is the dark side of prosperity.
I am writing all these, because I knew that the secret of life does not lies only in Money, but also in Time, Relationship and Mental Peace. When I resigned from my job and started following my passion, I found the real treasure.... and that is my family and friends. So today, I don’t wish to create only wealth, but a wealth which I can cherish with my family and friends, and that wealth also comprises of Time, happiness, enjoyment, love, belongingness apart from money. So if you do not have taken the decision of balanced life, take it now....You have potential to feed your family evenif you are not doing a job, and there is no doubt about it. Let the prosperity follows Family.
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