LOVE:
Most of us think that
love gets diminished when we start loving more people, that we have only a
limited amount of the emotion, which we should be very careful in dispensing.
We worry about divided loyalties and being fair to all those we love. Often, we
wonder about women who had multiple children and how little love each child
must be getting.
However, now we know
that love expands to include more. The more we love, the bigger our capacity
for the emotion becomes. Love is not
quantifiable and therefore not finite. But love is not indestructible. If not
cherished and nurtured, it can indeed be lost !
Love does not hang
around indefinitely, waiting for nourishment. Love needs to know that it is
cherished, welcomed and appreciated. Love demands love, and in the absence of
appreciation, dwindles, and may even fade away.
Loving others and
being loved back gives us an unparalled sense of well-being and a rare
confidence. We all cherish those who love us because of how they make us feel.
If love demands love, it begets love in equal measure too.
PRAYER:
We think there are
limit to the number of prayers that get answered, that praying for other would
use up my own quota.
But in reality, the
more we pray, the more we are blessed. When we pray selflessly for others, we
are blessed many times.
WORK:
We all think that
there is a limit to the amount of work we can do. That work is dependent on the
number of hours in the day and the amount of energy we have. When too many
things piled up we end up not achieving half that we have done with a cool
mind.
The amount of work
that can be achieved is all a matter of organization and being able to distance
ourselves from the little tasks in order to gear ourselves towards the ones
that require immediate attention.
Multi-tasking is
taking on several tasks, but focusing on them one at a time. It is about being
able to train and delegate, about trusting and allowing others to grow. Once we
achieve this, we can take much work, as we like, and stretch time beyond limit.
There is no limit to
the amount of love, prayer, forgiveness and work that we can achieve in life.
Life and experience teach us to let go a little in order to gain a lot, become
selfless in order to gain something for our own self. What we let go with good
intention and sincerity, comes back to bless us several times !
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