The daily blessings in disguise!

A wonderful person and a dear friend recently sent me a thought-provoking e-mail. It outlined a number of daily, mundane, inconveniences in our daily lives which stress us out so much. It flashed back to the tragedy of 9/11. The same inconveniences, annoyances and delays saved so many lives. Somebody had to drop of their kids at daycare out of turn, another person got a cut on his foot and had to stop at a drugstore to get a bandage, somebody was held up in traffic...... All of these people were late getting to the twin towers and because of that are alive today.

Maybe all these daily little bumps on the freeway of life are a part of the master plan. And what, might you ask, is the master plan? The answer would be a resounding "No Idea". The planner and architect is God and only He knows!

The next time you are held up in traffic, delayed at an airport, etc. etc....... Deal with it. It maybe a blessing in disguise. Take everything in stride, accept it as a part of life. And it's a lot easier said than done!

Taking these tiny road bumps in stride can be extrapolated to accepting who you are as a person. "Type A" personalities would have the toughest time with accepting their limitations. People who always want to be ahead of everybody else, want to be better at everything compared to people in their social circle will have their stress level through the roof when faced with these daily road bumps, however inconsequential these might be.

I'll try not to complain the next time I'm stuck in traffic or delayed at an airport or....... (so many other things). It'll be hard but I'll try! Because somewhere in that delay, in a hidden corner of that annoyance, could possibly lurk a blessing.

To be happy, embrace life as it comes and accept it with all its joys and pin-pricks.

Remember, happiness is a journey, not a destination.

The Meaning of Life

An age old question with a million answers! And we are still confused. So let's try it again. What is the meaning of life? Maybe we are not asking the right question. Maybe it should be -- What are we supposed to do with our lives?

Now that's relatively easy to answer. Let's do the politically correct one's first --- be good citizens, be honest, work hard etc. etc. and the list goes on. How many of us actually do that?

One thing's for sure -- we have just one life to live. So it would make sense to make the best use of it. Each day that passes us by is never coming back. So again, I guess it would make sense to make the best use of every single day, every passing moment.....

So where does God fit into all this? My thoughts.... God gives us this wonderful gift of life. What we do with that gift, is up to us. Life teaches us lessons every day, some easy to understand and some tough to swallow. We make mistakes frequently, but a lot of us will not admit that. Some us will try to shove our mistakes under the blanket of "bad judgement" or "bad luck" or the popular phrase --"being at the wrong place at the wrong time." First of all, why were you at the wrong place anyway?!

So an elementary school lesson -- if you make a mistake..... Admit it, Learn from it and Don't repeat it. If we follow this basic principle, life would be simpler and happier.

Our life is what we make of it. Where ever we are today socially, financially or professionally is because of the choices we made during our lifetime. It doesn't help to point fingers. Every one has to fight their own battles, however small or big.

I do believe there is a higher power watching over all of us. If we do something dishonest, something immoral, it will catch up to us down the road, someway or the other.

The end result of life is to be happy and content. So be happy and satisfied with what you have, rather than being miserable about what you don't.