What are you working for?

Does work tire u out? R u always in a state of fatigue? Mayb it's time you asked urself, wat are you working for?

Action is the very insignia of life. Where there is no action there is no life. Inaction is tantamount to death. So one is left with no choice but to act.

The roles that we play are varied in life- as father & mother, husband & wife, son & daughter, son-in-law & daughter-in-law, employee, etc. And each role has a challenge. Unfortunately, more often than not, we succumb to the challenge. We are therefore not able to play tat role properly and, what's worse, we are not able to do justice to the other roles that we play. It's a cumulative effect. All because we lack the right attitude in each role that we play.

So what is the right attitude?

If we take the time to observe our attitude, in all our relationships, be it personal or at work, we want our egos to be continuously inflated and fed. What we have to understand is that we are all governed by innumerable laws.

One of the most important laws is that the world is not designed to cater to an individual. So when we interact with the world with an egoistic demand, we are bound to be disappointed and stressed. it is inevitable. The law of life is that no selfish man is ever happy and no unselfish man is ever unhappy.

The human alone does not seem to merge with the totality around him/her. His/her actions alone disturb him/her and the totality, the environment around him/her. And why is that? Because of his/her individual ego.

And how do we liquidate ego? Nature has provided this opportunity to liquidate our ego by performing various duties which necessitates us to identify with a cause beyond ourselves and function with a spirit of service and sacrifice. By doing this, we identify with the totality.

Action is a neutral factor. One can utilize it for mere personal aggrandizement or use it to serve a higher cause. History proves that those who work for a higher cause will be rewarded in highest way. Thus we must from time to time ask ourselves, what are we working for?

Selfish actions tires us, fatigues us, so we look forward to the first opportunity to get away from work on weekends and vacations. On the contrary, when we work for a higher cause, we will realize that work itself is motivating, inspiring, highly satisfying and rewarding and we will truly understand that intense work is rest indeed!

The tendency of human mind is tat it is constantly rushing into past worries and future anxieties. This seems to constantly dissipate our energy. One needs to learn the art of backing our action by keeping the mind in the present. this is called concentration.

When actions are driven towards an ideal beyond one's selfish interest, one develops consistency in action. Such actions generate energy, as water flowing in one direction generates hydro-electric power, wind blowing in one direction has power. Similarly actions flowing in one direction generates energy and dynamism.

Therefore by practicing concentration and consistency, we can be intense at the physical level and restful at the mental level. An ideal action is that when the body is in the law of dynamics, the mind should be in the law of statics.

So, the question to ask oneself is : What are you working for?