There are people who are struggling to live but are fighting death at the Hospital/Home... There are people who are getting to live their life but are fighting to die by committing suicide... And then! Amidst these, are the people who are pretending to live - blindly, aimlessly, lifelessly, just living!
We crib and curse people who come across to us as "wasting life". We see everyone else in that life's mirror except for our own reflection!
We foolishly believe that except for us, most of the people are just wasting their lives. And when asked, who all belong to this category of "wasting life", the list would keep increasing by each second! We all have our own definition of a 'worthy life' and we believe that this world would be a better place if EVERYONE else starts abiding by that definition.
You would have heard a lot of people saying "You are wasting your life" which in reality means "You are wasting my idea of how to live an ideal life". So, the question remains! - When is life actually worthy? Does it even matter? And what happens when we feel that life isn't worthy? Do we quit living?? Do we switch to someone else's idea of living? or do we re-consider our definition of worthiness??
Re-Consider YOUR definition of worthiness........
The most hilariously common definition of a worthy life (according to me) comes from some intellectual (sarcasm intended) souls who rove around saying "Life is worthwhile if you get married. Oh My God! You are 30 and single?? Why are you wasting your life like this?? Get married and have kids.. Don't waste your life like this beta!!" And then there are other definitions - If you take a non-conventional course or career like DJing, photography, painting, dancing etc, you are wasting your life; If you have lot of money and you are blowing it on parties and road-trips, you may be wasting your life big time...
There are some 'extra-smart' (sarcasm intended) people who go out in open and believe that its their responsibility to teach the world the correct definition, to change people's life and make it worthwhile. They go around instructing every possible soul and persist till that person accepts that he/she has been living a worthless life! They continue to preach their definition of a worthy life every single minute and generalize it to such an extent that it gets engraved deep in our society. It gets so deeply rooted that the moment the child is born, he/she is being taught this societal definition of 'living-a-worthy-life'. And that's when you hear many people strongly believe in these statements - "I couldn't be financially strong so my life is worthless; I couldn't get a single boyfriend/girlfriend, my life is totally useless; I don't contribute in this society, I am wasting God's precious gift; I don't have a perfect body, face or hair, there is nothing worthwhile in my life; I couldn't survive my marriage, I am such a failure, I have ruined my whole life; I trusted a wrong person in love, there's no meaning to my life now blah blah blah blah" and that's when many people feel guilty about wasting their life.. They get tired and they quit!!! Quit Living Life itself!!
Are you living someone else's idea of a worthy life????????
Life in itself is Worthwhile - You accept it or you don't. It is a worthy life when you smile and it continues to be a worthy life when you cry. Introspect what according to YOU makes your life worthwhile.. Make sure your definition makes you comfortable and happy rather than burdened. You are a 'worthwhile creation', your life can never ever be worthless.. While it continues to remain worthy, the definition around it continues to change by every second..
Happy Living! :-)
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