I have come across a very serious disease, in fact the most widespread. Medical science has not discovered it so far. It is affecting millions of lives and is fatal in long run. Very few survive. This diease is "Seriousness"
Being serious today means being really 'Serious' on the day after tomorrow. A person tonight trying very hard to sleep, deep in the ocean of worries and fears at 1 a.m. , taking medicines for B.P.,Sugar, Anxiety and so on also started off as a carefree and a happy child. Now as a very serious person, at an advanced stage of this disease, he is scolding his grandson to be quiet, not to do this that etc. What the hell, happened in between to him.
He learned to worry. His memory enlarged. Now whenver not occupied, his mind is swarmed by all those random memories, almost all negative ones. Recallings bad words and supposed bad action of friends, colleagues, neighbors, relatives, own family and so on. The list become endless, the world seems dark and full of evil people and enemies. This leads to future possibilities of harm from all sides. The wounds of past and the fears of future keep him up allnight, actually. Then the BP will rise, follwed by stress, anxiety, depression, sugar, cholestrol. Then the Physiologist, the cardiologist, the nephrologist, the psychiatrist, the whole legion of doctors will start unloading all their armament of old and new pills on the poor guy, till the body and the mind finally give up.
The remedy was very simple and yet undiscovered, "Happiness". He should have been told to be less serious and more happy. Less brooding and more enjoying, going out, engaging with people, dumping his memories. Thinking good of people. Finding their goodness instead of digging to see their evil side. Come on we are all humans. We all want to be loved, honored, respected, recognized, to be safe. inside, we all share the same weakness, desires and fears. Forgive others for what you thought they did. Not at all attach motive to their words and action. Accept others. More friendliness and less ego.
The past never happened and the future will never come. What you have is today. Go out, be with family and friends, be woth kids, watch the sky, the moon, the stars, the trees, the flowers, feel the breeze, the grass, the running water. Be the child again!
Externalize the mind. Stop thinking, start enjoying today.
The only medicine to this fatal disease of the "Seriousness" is the "Happiness". Why not take a pill now. It is free as well.
This is one article that everybody should read seriously!
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