The challenges never stop..

This is picked up from the PlugIn ID blog –

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I got into this process of self-improvement because I never wanted to have a bad day again. I wanted to create a utopia – in my mind – so the world could never hurt me in any way. I wanted a state of permanent happiness, of endless joy, and was willing to do all the studying it took of philosophy and psychology in order to make it happen.

You know what?
I got to the point where I was happy – but I realized there is no escape from the pain, sadness, and exhaustion that is so common in our world. None. No matter what happens, even if you become “enlightened” (and I’m certainly not), there will always be trials in our life that test our courage, strength, and resilience. They will push us to our limits, they will hurt us, and we’ll have to fight through them every time.
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I can’t agree more. I had a similar motivation when I first started this blog – to learn every day and hopefully reach a point where it’s all happiness and where I don’t get down on simple stuff easily.

I’ve realized a few things –

-> Happiness is purely internal..
-> In the long run, subordinating your moods generally results in more self control
-> Try as you might, life will make sure everyone gets their share of ups and downs
-> Our reaction to an action is infinitely more important than the action..
-> ‘You can either run from it or learn from it’ – Here, ‘run from’ can be substituted with ‘dread’, ‘despise’, ‘curse’ among others..

And finally..
-> The challenges NEVER stop..

Remembering Rudyard Kipling..
‘If you can meet with triumph and disaster
and treat those two impostors just the same‘ ..

If..

I can’t, not yet atleast.. but I do believe I will get there..