The power of giving

We have to give before the returns comes back and whether it comes back or not, it does not matter.  Why are we keeping all the wealth with us instead of spending and sharing it with others.  We cannot be always taking and taking without giving for the more we have sometimes is not happiness at all without spending or sharing with others. In karma, when we give , we do not expect any returns but it will come back somehow to repay what we give. Karma behaves In its mysterious ways. 

Today, one of my friend wished me a happy Birthday and I invited to meet him at lunch.  Later on , he told me that he is coming to Penang to catch up with old friends and want to know how they are dealing with their life.  Either to retire or work to death.  I think he is in a personal crisis and want an answer from the Establishment.  I don't think he can get an answer as what he need or what is right lies within himself .  Nobody is the same and he has to come with his terms in this life.

For me turning 64 is really a challenge and seems scary . I think this is only for a moment and why do we get worried or scare of what we cannot change.  Just live the best we can and do the best we can for our health.  Everything is a choice like I say many times.  We have the power to decide and all these decisive power lies within us.  It is we that lack the confidence and courage to search within us for an answer.  Life cannot go back now , so we have to decide how to live on.

There is no right or wrong way to live our life and it is only the way we choose ie My Way and with no regrets like what is said in the song " My Way".  No look back , no fear , no emotions but make the decision without looking back to live on our way.

I have written this story before about a monk closing his eyes to meditate.  As he meditate , he heard a noise and he thought that it was a rat. As the sound gets louder and louder , his imagination changed it from a rat to a cat  and to a tiger and later into a wild boar. His mind creates everything and the fear gets stronger and stronger as his imagination goes wild . The mind is doing the trick and when he opens his eyes, he saw that the noise was created by only a tiny mouse. 

In life , it is the same , as we fear , the fear manifest itself and make it into a bigger fear. The fear of dying or the fear of losing everything . So, it starts from the mind and the solution to these imagination is also in our mind.  We control our destiny and our fate which dictates our life.

Namaste.