Pathway To Living A Better Life [Part 2]
I have always held the belief that life is basically a function of what you have made it to be. More often than not, it does not take material possessions to live a better life but there are some other things that matter in life that should be understood. In our last episode, we talked about some secrets that can help one to achieve a better life and to live it well. Here, we shall take some of the secrets. Remember that it is what you do with what you have, which is life, that will determine what becomes of you.
The first secret that, when observed, will make you to live better and happier, is to be mindful of your friendship and relationships. Who you stay with and who you follow can determine a lot of things in your life and can even influence what follows you. This is part of the reasons I normally tell people to only keep meaningful and good relationship - which will add positively to their lives, not creating problems for them. When you surround yourself with positive people and people who support you in life, you will see how beautiful life can be. They will serve as a source of inspiration for you to achieve greatness. This is why you do not need to follow someone who is not going anywhere but someone who is enroute to greatness.
You have to understand that no matter the kind of dream you have, you cannot achieve it on sole efforts only; you will definitely need help and support from people in the course of your journey. To go from one level to a higher level in life, you will need people. However, you need to know that if you flow with the wrong people, they can drag you from the higher level back to the lower level. Just to let you know; your relationship and your friendship can either be a positive addition to you or a negative one - there is no neutrality when it comes to the effects friendship. If you will not like to end up like a particular person, then do not make them your friend.
The next secret to keep you on the pathway of living a better life is to develop the heart of gratitude. You have to learn to take note of the good things of life and appreciate them no matter what are. It may look small on the outside, but when you acknowledge them and be grateful for them, you will be exposed to the blessedness in life. Life is full of blessings, but it is only if you can focus on the bright side of life. No matter what happens, and no matter how rough a situation may be, if you can focus on the bright side of it, you will be surprised how there are blessings in it which you can be grateful for.
A friend of mine was going to work in the morning and on the way, he had a flat tyre, so he had to park to change it. When he brought out his spare tyre to change it, he discovered that he had left his jack at home. So he had to try to wave down the cars passing to assist him. After a while, he got lucky and one driver stopped and assisted him. By this time, he had spent about 1 hour and was very sad because he would go to work late and be fined. Little did he know that there was a robbery attack all the while along the same road, but by the time he got there, the robbers had left. The people who were attacked were telling him. He had a challenge with his car and he felt bad, but on the bigger picture, he was being saved from an attack. So in life, whatever thing that happens, always try to focus on the bright side, so as to be grateful.
The last secret to take at look at here is to learn to rest. What is the point of working your soul out if you cannot find time to rest to even enjoy what you have worked for? Rest is part of what makes life worth living. For the fact that you can rest or even take a sleep is an underrated blessing. Rest does a lot of good not just to your health but to all ramifications of your life. You need to know that observing rest does not mean weakness but a vital necessity of life.
It is true that you may have a couple of tasks to perform, but you have to also understand that when you have rested, it will give you the needed boost to go about it. There are some problems or challenges that can come when you have rested your brain a while so that you can think logically instead of making wrong hasty decisions when tired. Remember that resting is not a choice but a core requirement of life.
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