Pleasures of Life

What is your routine in the morning when you getand a sound financial back-up. Everything else in
up from bed ? you brush your teeth, have alife is secondary !Come on, I shall show you
steaming cup of filtered coffee and look sidewayssomething else in life. Get up and come with me,
whether the news paper has been delivered, andholding my hand, for a silent morning walk in the
if so, whether it is not ruffled up. Pleasure ofglades after a fresh early morning rain. Smell the
reading is lost, if some one else had read thefreshness of green rain forest. Listen to the
news paper before you, right ?Read thechirping of small birds perching on the branches of
newspaper according to your taste and attitude inthe tall and gigantic trees. Enjoy the rustle of
life which set the priorities for reading pleasure.leaves, spray of hanging droplets of rainwater on
Then what ? You are probably getting late foryour face with the breeze welcoming you into
your 'office'. Take a quick bath, munch a hurriedthis forest, the eerie music from the bamboo
breakfast and rush to your office blending in thetrees, the beauty of the silent stream with clear
mad rush of traffic.and icy chill water and the early morning breeze.
Reached your office right ? ( Identify all thoseWhat is this world, here, full of beauty and
staff who do not greet you and make a mentalabundant joy? Sit down with me on the bank of
note of that. ) Get into your cabin and after athis rivulet and dabble your feet in the clear
mindless prayer to no useful purpose, switch onwater! Oh ! what a joy ! Can you feel a group of
your computer to check your e-mails !fishes nibbling at your feet ? What do they want
Expected ! One more day to wage a war on? Enjoy all this, but there is a condition. Leave
e-mail accusations on your lack of skill in runningyour age and status behind. Your placement in the
the office and your hot headed replies to squelchsociety makes no sense here. You must come as
the stupid accusations and end up with a sense ofsmall boy or a girl, not more than 10 years old,
anger and of course, increasing blood pressure.without any inhibitions of a scheming mind! Is it
Every one tries to project himself to prominencepossible ? YES, IT IS. ` Denizens of this forest do
and what other better way could it be thannot
blaming others for their lapses. Build a pyramid ofunderstand your status which is not your LIFE. It
files on them , brick by brick and bury theiris your existence. Forget it. Be happy with me in
growth aspirations ! After all, in the rat race ( Nothis small tour and while you are at it, forget me
offence to rats ) to reach your status andas well ,and be to yourself.But, then, how many
prominence, you need to do all these !Thetimes it could be possible to take a tour like that ?
remaining day is spent in attending / conductingIt is possible, eternally, with your MIND
meetings, where the only purpose is to makePOWER.Have you ever slept on the open terrace
others understand your point of view and acceptand watched the shining moon and the glistening
you as the team leader. You look forward tostars ? What do they say silently ? Why do the
dictating the minutes of meeting with the solestars appear in the same place and in the same
purpose of projecting your visions. Copy them allshape every day ? Who ensures this discipline ?
to top management and relax ; 80 % of theWhat is the size of the milky way in the millions
day's work is now over. Now is the time for smallof galaxies in the endless space out there ? What
talk, with your 'team' of confiding colleagues toare the possibilities of existence of other planets
conspire, on possible chances to upgrade yourlike earth or anything better than that ? Will they
position.The day in office is over ! It is time to getsupport life system and if so, how they will look
back home, have a wash, down two pegs oflike ? Can we reach them, defying the proven
your favourite whiskey, gulp your dinner andspeed of travel ? Enjoying all this is possible, with
dump yourself to your bed !What an wonderfulyour mind power which is as unlimited and
life ! Can you differentiate one day from thefathomless as the outer space !I shall leave you
other, while the agenda is the same and theto enjoy yourself and come back to you after
attitude and activities are same ! All you need insome time, right ?
life is recognition with the highest possible status