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Life treats you equitably, not equally

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Photo by  Bharathi Kannan  on  Unsplash If you have ever felt that this world treats unequally by favoring others while disfavoring you for some reason, it is the time to give it an honest rethought. Life has blessed you with equal resources  (knowledge, talent, money, health, contacts, time, information, etc.)  as anybody else, but your resources could be different, because you are unique and special. It only requires you to explore yourself to identify what life has bestowed on you uniquely. Some person is gifted with a sweet voice and flair for music, some person is gifted with scientific acumen and logical thinking, someone is bestowed with the ability to work with numbers, someone is blessed with the best communication ability, and so on and so forth. Ultimately everyone is equally blessed with resources (in one or the other form) to flourish and prosper in life. But then the question arises: why do we find so much of disparity among people a...

Life's Purpose

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Photo by  Heidi Sandstrom.  on  Unsplash A story goes like this. Mr. X felt mentally sick and wanted to consult a psychiatrist. When he went to meet a psychiatrist, he was asked to sit and wait for his turn as there were quite a few in the line. After a few minutes, a person came out of the consultation room after meeting the psychiatrist. Mr. X asked that person, "Where are you going?" The answer came very plain, "If only I knew where I am going, I would not have come here at all." The moral of the story is, a person cannot be mentally healthy if they don't know where they are heading towards in life. Psychological health depends on understanding and leading a life of purpose, because purpose gives us direction. Once we understand what our life is for, then we have a clear vision of how our future should look like, and that becomes a plan. We will know what we should achieve in our whole life, in next ten years, in next three years, in the presen...