The headline of this article says it all. We desire to become rich, to have the perfect body, to become famous and the desires go on with an endless list. Let me say it again that desire is the root cause of all problems.
When we desire, we create expectations and we want to be productive all the time. Excess productivity causes us stress and when we don’t achieve the desired goals and results we end up in frustration and ultimately into depression.
The right way is to surrender to the Universe to provide for your needs. One should be relaxed and enjoy life as it comes, enjoy your breadth and nature. Take for example my own life, I could not keep up with life because I was living to my desires, I wanted to become rich and wealthy so doing small things had become a burden to me, I could not make it through jobs for more than 6 months. I wanted to become rich, fast that was my desire.
I was told by my parents and guides that I needed to become somebody in life and that planted a seed of desire in me. Everyone is chasing something in life but if you allow opportunities to come to you than you don’t need to chase anything. You have to be receptive to the Universe. The Universe is trying to give you things in abundance but it may not look the way you like it. You have a certain fixed notion of how things should work. Did I ever dream that I would be writing and helping people in their life journeys, to help them find peace and stability?
All the things that I was chasing in life were right in front of me and I travelled around different places to find it. Whatever I need was there exactly where I was and there was no need to go anywhere to find it.
Everyone desires happiness but at what cost? Are you willing to sacrifice your life for happiness when it is standing right in front of you? If you have shelter and food on your table then you are truly blessed, you don’t need anything else. These are enough for your survival, but we have made our life so complex that our health gets affected and then you get sick in the mind and body.
Money is important and so is work. You should work and work with all your strength and might. Try out different things. Work is the most beautiful thing that was ever created on this planet. Work so that you don’t become rich but provide service to others. Give the best possible service to humanity. The desire for your selfish needs will never get over.
The universe is working all the time so don’t stay stagnant. Learn and grow. You will fall and you will make mistakes but don’t stay down, move ahead and bring the best gifts of yourself to this world. Don’t think that you will become rich and then you will make changes. Work on your self on improving yourself.
So if you want to be happy in life than cut your desires to zero and you will live a happy and fulfilled life.