Motivational Thoughts

Why do you spend your time in grief
Brooding over things that shook your faith and belief
Thinking of all the time that has gone by
Reflecting on all the things that left you with a sigh

Do not let the miseries of the past hold you back
Do not let the past make you weak and slack
Do not let the past fill you with sadness and sorrow
Do not let the misfortunes of the past put shackles on your tomorrow

What use is all this sadness and regret
All the time lost you can never get
Do not ruin your present for the failures of the past
Enjoy the present, it might not last

The failures and misfortunes have a lesson to teach
To help you grow and extend your reach
Learn the lesson so that you do not repeat it
But do not end up in regret and do not quit

Do not let the past become a bane
All your strength from the present do not let it drain
The sun sets everyday only to rise again
Let the pain from the past add to your gain

The present is here to live fast and have a blast
Let go of all the mistakes of the past
To write a new and glorious future
If the past was a misfortune let the future be an adventure

Do not be held a prisoner of your past
Each moment spent in the past is a waste of the present
From now make sure each moment is well spent
To spend each moment not in repent but giving your hundred percent

 Humans occupy the highest place in the tree of evolution. There are many reasons for this but the most important one is our ability to think. Our ability to think has brought us from a stage of hunting animals for food to a stage where we are able to build sky scrapers and even venture into space. Thought is the source of all wealth that was ever created in this world. Man with his ability to think has scaled mountains, built bridges, made the impossible as possible.

What about you? Do you really think? Do you give a thought to all the things that happen around you? Do you think for yourselves or let other do it for you. Do you follow any leader, any paper or any cult blindly without giving it a thought? Your opinions, your thoughts, your reflections are they all your own or borrowed from the society, your family or friends, the world in general. What distinguishes one man from another is his ability to think.

What are your beliefs? The life you lead, the decisions you make to a large extent are determined by your beliefs. Do you form your own beliefs about things in general or do you accept it because someone of authority has told it so. Do you have thoughts of your own or do you find yourselves always quoting others and drawing from others works. In any subject or matter do you form opinions of your own or do you find yourself regurgitating the views and opinions of others.

Do not let others think for you. Make your own decisions. Think about what you want in life? Think hard and take a decision about what you want to do with your time here. Do not let others decide for you. Over any issue or cause take a stand after careful thinking. Do not go with the flow or the majority. Do not do something just because it is accepted or a lot of people are doing it. If it doesn’t make sense to you, there is no point in doing it just for the sake of doing or trying to fit in.

Many of us find thinking a very hard task. When faced with any issue we rarely think and act, most of us just react. We are happy to let others do the thinking part for us. When you give away the powers to think and take decisions you give away the power over your life. A lot of great men have said a lot of things, but all of them need not be correct and all of them may not suit you. Think about them and accept only those which you feel are correct and apply to you.

Reading books is good but you must also have thoughts of your own. You shouldn’t become a person of collected opinions and thoughts. You can draw upon the thoughts of great men and women but to stand out, to make a mark it should have a flavor of your own. Amidst all the scientific developments, all the social networks we have lost the art of thinking. It would do you a lot of good if you can think and draw your own conclusions about nature, life, the universe and god rather than believing blindly. We seem to have become a generation of followers, resigned to our fates rather than thinking about things and thinking our way out of problems and obstacles.

 Only when you question can you truly grow. When was the last time you thought about anything? When was the last time you were engaged in deep thought? By thinking I do not mean just plain repetition of thoughts, I do not mean the repeating of same thoughts that you had yesterday and the day before and the day before that. When was the last time you thought and questioned your ideals, your morals, your purpose and the chief aim of your life? Have you ever given a deep thought to all of these or do you find it comfortable to go with the flow, to just go where life takes you.

 Great things happen only when we think. And remember you think, therefore you are

Does the mere thought of it scare you? Do you live in fear that your life, the people you love, your dreams, hopes and aspirations are all going to end one day. No matter whether you fear it or accept the fact bravely, it is the ultimate truth of life. Everyone is going to die one day. What matters is how did you spend your time here? Did you have a wonderful experience? Remember each passing day brings you closer to death. Each moment spent does not add to your life, it only takes you closer to the end. Your contract to stay here will expire one day. Do not act as if you have forever to live. Watch how you spend your days and time here. Do you spend your days in meaningful pursuits or you just waste them allowing your life to rot away. Denial of the fact that you will die one day will not help.

We do not know when our lives will end. You could die today, tomorrow or 100 years from now. This makes us complacent; we rarely take our lives seriously. But what if you knew your date of death. What if you were told that you would die on a specific day? You have until only that day to live. Your death is no longer something that will occur in the future, something that is left to chance but something that will happen at a particular date and time. Armed with such knowledge how different would your life be. You now have a definite time period to live .What would you do in the time you have left

Depending on the time frames you have left to live how different would your life be. How will you plan and live in the time you have left.

Depending on the time you have left you need to set your priorities. What would you do in each of these periods?

10 years to live

Ten years is a long time. A lot can happen in such a time frame. How would you like to spend the last ten years of your life? Would you want to start your own company and leave your mark behind? Wouldn’t you want to follow your heart and chase your dreams? What do you want to leave behind for your family and for the world? 10 years if utilized correctly is enough time to make a lasting impact on the world. Realize what you want, make a plan and go about accomplishing those things. Make those ten years the best years of your life. Many great men in a span of 10 years have accomplished what ordinary mortals wouldn’t have accomplished even after a thousand births. Don’t you want to be one of them?

10 months to live

What if you had only had 10 months to live? What would your priorities be? Where do you want to live for the last ten months of your life and with whom? Would you visit the places you always dreamed of? What were the things you wanted to do the most? Would you do them? 10 months is short time to live, but if you set your heart to the things you really want to do you can accomplish wonders.

10 weeks to live

10 weeks is around 3 months of time. Though a very short time, the best way to spend your time would be to make list of all things that you wanted to do in your life and from those pick a few which when accomplished will give you immense happiness and contentment. During the time you should place your happiness above everything else and only spend your time in those activities which make you truly happy.

10 days to live

The last few days of your life, whom do you want to spend with? What was the one thing you always wanted to do? Who were the people whom you loved with most and wanted to spend time with? What was the one place that you wanted to see the most and with whom? What would you do to make those 10 days the happiest days of your life? Can you spread enough joy and love in those ten days so that people will remember you for 10 generations to come.

10 hours to live

Think of the person that matters you the most. Would you spend your last hours with them in love or sit alone in fear and despair. What would be your last message to those whom you love and to the world? What would your last actions and deeds, those of love and laughter or those of fear and hate. Would you rejoice and celebrate the last few hours. No matter how you lived until that point wouldn’t you want to make every moment of your last 10 hours count. Make them truly count. Make those the best and the happiest moments of your life.

10 minutes to live

Your time is up. All you have is only 10 minutes. What would be the one thing you would do that would make you truly happy? Who would be the one person whom you would want to talk to in the end? What would be your last words just before you die? What would be your last feelings? And most importantly would you die a happy man?

 No matter how much time you have left, you always have a choice, to spend it with the people you love, to spend the time in activities that would bring you joy and happiness or just waste it away.