Mat a lady who was very sick for a month. She had lots of medicines and whenever she woke up, she woke up with terrible cough and lots of body ache. She had started imagining worst for herself. She started asking herself, what if she has contracted some terminal disease? What if she dies? What would happen to her small children? How would they manage? What would happen to her husband? She would wake up and pretend that she did not wake up. She did not have courage to see herself losing what all was around her. And then, finally she woke up to realize, her health was recovering. Her body was recovering. When she woke up without any pain she felt so happy, she felt that it was kind of happiest day of her life.
After that she felt so grateful for everyday she was alive and healthy! She felt that it was such a big luxury and not to be taken for granted.
Why do we have to wait for some illness to make us realize the importance of being alive? Why do we need a wake up call? Why do we take our life and health for granted? Why do we need some problem to feel grateful? Why can’t we simply feel grateful for what we have? If we start realising the importance of what we have, we will start expanding the goodness we have. Nothing should work as a wake up call. Everything should be expanding with our consciousness.
This life is a blessing. Being alive is a blessing. Everyday we are awake and healthy, we have an opportunity to do something better. Everyday we are alive, we have an opportunity to improve others lives as well. It’s such a big opportunity. It’s such a big luxury. Use it! Be happy! Be grateful! Realize it!
