You ask any young man or woman, they will tell you that they know all about life. Once they are educated and economically independent most people think that they have mastered life. They seem to be in control of where and how their life is going; little realizing that nothing in this world goes on or happens as per their design or will.
One of the most common mistakes that we make in life is to think that our health and ability to work as well as our energy levels are going to the same all through. Aging process and old age is something that is seen by the all but we never think that we are going to get affected by it.
How many people we see, chase money and professional goals relentlessly and with single minded focus and attention. They think once they are rich they will be able to enjoy the money. Little do they realize that it may be too late for them and that they have lost their health and energy in pursuing the goals and finally when they have the money in the bank, they cannot enjoy the money because their health does not permit. All that money may go into paying for the medical bills.
Then there are those who enjoy life to the maximum extent and use up all the money that they have and can borrow. These people easily fall into the debt trap with credit cards and bring untold suffering and misery on themselves.
It is quite possible that during early adulthood people follow or chase the wrong things only to realize at the end of their life that they have been riding on the wrong horse. In fact it is at the end of our life that we realize that life is not a destination but the journey itself.
If this fact were to be known then a lot of people could learn to be happy and enjoy every moment of life that comes their way. Aren’t there thousands of men who are taking to smoking cigarettes believing that they are getting happiness out of it. They are not only burning up money that they have earned but with cigarettes they are buying diseases and ill health. Continuing further their smoking habit is going to destroy their relationship and marriage too.
Why is it that despite all the education and money these men do not realize that smoking can kill them and their life? The ill effects of smoking on one’s health are known to all. It is a widely publicized and known fact that above ninety percent of the people succumbing to lung cancer has contracted the disease due to smoking. Smokers manage to pass on the ill effects to other family members who get affected due to passive smoking too.
What about their relationship and sex life? Chain smokers are known to suffer from erectile dysfunction after a few years of smoking. They are known to suffer from low libido too. Of course these men can find solace in the fact that they can go to a medical expert and get prescription for Viagra. Viagra is known to all as the wonder drug which helps cure erectile dysfunction by improving the blood supply to the penis and thereby help achieve as well as sustain erection. They can in this way cure themselves of the ED problem and save the physical relationship. But can it sustain their emotional part of the relationship as well?
So do these people know what life is all about? Have they ever watched a seed sprout and a plant grow? Have they seen how birds build their nest, lay eggs, raise the young ones and teach them to face life and fly?
Life is about living and not about reaching. Living life means enjoying the present and every moment of it. It is only human life that can teach us the meaning of life and no school can teach us this precious lesson.
