I have to live fewer years than I have lived. After realizing this, I have changed as follows:
1. I have stopped crying when a loved one departs because if not today, then tomorrow it will be my turn.
2. Similarly, if my departure happens suddenly, I have stopped worrying about what will happen to people after me because after my departure no one will remain hungry and there is no need to leave or donate my property.
3. I am no longer afraid of the money, power and position of the person in front of me.
4. I take maximum time for myself. I have accepted that the world does not rest on my shoulders. Nothing is going to stop without me.
5. I have stopped bargaining with small traders and hawkers. Sometimes I know that I am being cheated, yet I walk away smiling.
6. I give torn or empty oil cans to junk collectors, spend twenty-five to fifty rupees. I become happy when I see the joy of getting lakhs on their faces.
7. Sometimes I even buy useless things from street vendors.
8. I hear the same thing from elders and children so many times. I have given up the habit of saying that they have said this many times.
9. I prefer to maintain mental peace instead of arguing with the wrong person.
10. I praise people's good work or thoughts wholeheartedly. I enjoy the happiness that comes from doing this.
11. I have stopped evaluating personality by branded clothes, mobile or any other branded thing. I have understood that personality is enhanced by thoughts, not by branded things.
12. I maintain distance from people who try to impose their bad habits and rigid beliefs on me. Now I don't try to correct them because many people have already done it.
13. When someone plays tricks to leave me behind in the race of life, I keep calm and give way to him. After all, neither am I in competition in life, nor do I have any rival.
14. I do what gives me pleasure. I have stopped worrying about what people will think or say. I have stopped suppressing my desires to keep four people happy.
15. I prefer to go closer to nature instead of staying in a five star hotel. I find satisfaction in bajra roti and aloo ki sabzi instead of junk food.
16. I have learned to enjoy giving five hundred thousand rupees to a needy person instead of spending thousands of rupees on myself. And I used to help everyone earlier and I still do.
17. I have started to prefer to remain silent instead of proving the wrong right. I have started to prefer to remain silent instead of speaking. I have started to love myself.
18. I am just a traveller in this world. I can only take with me the love, respect and humanity that I have shared. I have accepted this.
19. My body is given by my parents. My soul is a gift of the most benevolent nature and my name is given by Phoebe... When I have nothing of my own, then what is the calculation of profit or loss?
20. I have stopped telling people about all my difficulties and sorrows, because I have understood that the one who understands does not have to tell and the one who has to tell does not understand at all.
21. Now I remain happy in my own happiness because only I am responsible for any of my happiness or sorrow. I have understood this.
22. I have learnt to live every moment because now I have understood that life is very precious. Nothing is permanent here. Anything can happen at any time, these days will also pass.
23. For inner happiness, I have immersed myself in service to mankind, compassion for living creatures and nature. I have understood that the path to infinity is found only through these.
24. I have started living in the lap of nature and gods and goddesses. I have understood that in the end I will merge in their lap.
Even if it is late, I have understood. Perhaps I have learnt how to live.
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