TOWARDS A LIFE OF COMFORT AND PEACE
Be a Realist
THE secret of a healthy, comfortable and easy life is only one— one should become a realist. To attain peace and comfort, this is the only workable formula. There is no other workable formula at all. What man does is this: he sets up some hopes and expectations in life, sometimes from the world, sometimes from his relatives, and sometimes from society. These expectations are not fulfilled. When these expectations are not met, he develops a mentality of complaining. All problems arise as a result of ignorance of this fact.
An old man from my village used to say that your own power is the true power. I think this is the realistic formula of life of contentment. It means man should rely on his own capacity and power to achieve something. He should sedulously refrain from building a wall of hope on something that is beyond his personal power. Man’s discovery of this fact is the secret of a life of contentment and comfort.
The way to contentment and peace is that a person should adopt the principle that he should either not do any kindness to anyone, or he should do so in such a way that he forgets it as soon as he does it.