Where Are We Heading To?

Human destiny on this planet is easily predictable and at the same time controllable because our repeated habits of past history don't change over time. The past habits and grave errors continue to outlast our memory and knowledge. At this point of history, a question that arises in mind often is "where are we heading to?" Are we heading towards inevitable doom and gloom or vigorous economic boom and prosperity?

Human fate on earth is not at all unpredictable today. If we understand and recall to mind the past history of yesteryears we can easily know what is going to happen to the mankind here on earth. Even a small child can predict what is the future going to be in this 21st century if we continue to behave as we have been used to for such a long period of time.

As long as we pay less attention to the lessons that we could learn from our past mistakes, it is obvious where we would all end up. Our fate will be the same as Babylonians, Egyptians, Mayans, Peru and Indus valley civilization who no longer exist today. These people flourished, grew, developed and had a great civilization but they all perished in time and space. We can discover only their remains of artifacts, arts, city designs and monuments. They became a history of the past for us. Are we not going to become a history of the past for the new generation who are to come?

I wonder why our government representatives and self-made leaders can't act responsibly to write a history which could define humans as real children of God created in the same image and likeness? The recent recession has engulfed the whole world like a full solar eclipse where only darkness seems to pervade though there is light, hope and faith. This economic crisis is not the first one to occur in the history of human existence. Our forefathers witnessed it before and today we are witnessing it again and I am afraid our children won't have to see this gloom time.

If we think over the events of the past and analyze it carefully, we find that we are only repeating the same errors, mistakes and habits even now. We haven't learned the valuable lessons from our errors. It seems as though we are cursed to fate of making same blunders over and over again. Why can't we be awakened to new light, new hope, new ways and new system to handle our human situation? I think we will be able to solve it easily.

So, where do we want to go from here? Are we making a right decision to survive and thrive or are we heading towards inevitable ruins of past civilization? Human beings have always opposed a harmonious existence on the earth since the dawn of human presence on the earth. Should we allow the same thing to continue even in this new century? The decision will depend on where we are heading to. Let's know the consequences of our decision and action well before taking any drastic decision.

Alwed Ekka

Try Not To Neglect Your Health!

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease." Buddha

Keeping a good health all the time is very important today. We should never take for granted or never compromise our health. In other words never ever neglect your health. A good health provides many things and many ways it can support you to enjoy your life. So decide today never to neglect your health.

Yesterday, I happened to eat stale foods without my knowledge and it caused me a great deal of suffering and pain. I had a severe loose tool, which lasted for two days and nights. I couldn't control my motion and there was no immediate relief from any medicines. I found out that medicines are just temporary and they don't really cure the disease. They only facilitate one to feel better for some time. Being healthy and fit is the need of the hour. So please don't ever neglect your health. Eat wisely with your brain and check whether what you are about to consume are good, healthy and fresh.

When you don't have a good health, no dreams, goals or desires seem possible. When you fall sick, things seem very difficult and impossible. A bad health comes on your way to achieving and pursuing your goals and dreams so try as much as you can to stay healthy. Try to avoid eating the fast food, junk food, pizzas, or hamburgers. They are not really suitable for living a healthy life.

I fell sick yesterday and it took away my activities, time, energy and interrupted my entire schedules. I was left disappointed for having failed to do something. I even couldn't write my blogs and it was painful for me. Anyway, I have recovered now and feel better so I hope to continue my blogging everyday. It is my interest to blog on a daily basis. Yesterday, I could not write my blog.

Falling sick once in a while is good and important because it is a feedback to one's lifestyle. Sometimes we don't learn any lessons when we are in good health. We learn better things about life, only when we fall sick or something bad happens. We begin to think over it and make some course corrections. This is how I take my sudden sickness. It is not a big deal but important for me to correct my habits of eating outside. Be watchful what you eat and eat wisely.

With a good health, you can accomplish any goals, any dreams and climb any heights. So preserve your health and maintain a good health. If you keep your health good then you can be sure to enjoy many good things of life. You can move around freely, do your work as you want and spend your time with family and friends.

So I urge all my readers to maintain a good health. NEVER COMPROMISE AND NEVER NEGLECT IT.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

To Be Happy, Convert Your Childhood Love, Dreams, Interests And Hobbies Into A Reality!

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." Aristotle

If you want to be happy in your life, you must pursue your childhood love, dreams, goals, activities, interests and hobbies because that is where your heart lies. When children are born, they are born with unique intelligence and talents. They are born with a purpose, a mission to accomplish but as they grow up over the years they lose the sight of their childhood dreams, goals, interests and hobbies. They don't fail to convert them because they get influenced by external world.

In order to be happy, you need to convert your love, dreams, interests and hobbies into a reality so that you stay true to yourself. If you don't pursue your childhood dreams then you are not being true to your calling, talents and intelligence. Many people graduate from the schools and colleges but they sacrifice their childhood hobbies and instead go after what their parents and friends expect them to do. For instance, the children listen to what their parents tell them to study and then thereby choose a profession accordingly. It is attractive to choose a profession which pays huge salary but after a while it won't make the person happy. There is no real work satisfaction. They find hard to get up in the morning to go to the office because it is not what they wanted when they were small.

These days many professionals have less and less time to enjoy a decent vacation with their families because they are very busy at their work. It doesn't seem to be their dream jobs because it doesn't make them happy. They work only with their head ignoring their hearts. These people could have easily converted their childhood fantasies, hobbies and interests if they had really pursued them. They would have been able to innovate new ways to do business or new ways to market the products, if they had followed what they loved when they were small.

Steve Jobs pursued what he loved and similarly Bill Gates followed what he loved. They were able to convert their interests, hobbies, dreams and desires into a reality and today they have become so valuable that all people dream to be like them. Wright Brothers are another great examples who pursued what they desired and dreamed as children and they succeeded in realizing their dreams. It certainly made them happy and content with what they did. Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and many other great people converted what was very close to their hearts and that in turn gave them great happiness.

Don't be dismayed by others who kill your childhood aspirations and interests. Pursue them till you convert them into a reality because this will make you happy forever. It is within your reach and your happiness depends entirely upon you. Your childhood aspirations, hobbies and interests are powerful enough to make you very successful in life.

Don't shy away from pursuing and converting your childhood dreams, desires and interests for you can turn them into a reality just like J.K. Rowling, the great novelist who transformed her life by pursuing her childhood love to write and today you know what is the real outcome or final result. Don't take your dreams and hobbies for granted. They represent you and you are on a mission to do something extraordinary in the world.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Celebrate Important Events With Your Family and Friends!

"Celebrate the little things in life, appreciate tomorrow, love your neighbour or don’t, but never condemn yourself to a life without cause to celebrate and be thankful for what you have. Never forget the people you love and love them when you have an occasion to do so. Celebrate their life and celebrate yours." Anonymous

People celebrate on the occasion of some important events with their family members and they also invite their friends and neighbours to join them. It is a great way to share the joy and happiness with others when there is a celebration. In India there are so many festivals and you can guess there are many celebrations among all walks of life. People celebrate because they know that they don't have to be in griefs all the time. Forgetting all adversity and loss, people must celebrate in order to lift their souls up. This way they can easily enlighten their heavy hearts.

There are many reasons why people should celebrate and how they should share their joys with others. When we include others especially our family members, friends and neighbours there is bound to be a great chance of bonding together.

Celebration gives birth to friendship.
When we invite others to participate in our joys and success, there is a great opportunity of creating strong friendship among the participants. In my opinion, celebration is important to make new friends and establish new relationship. Celebration is a platform to know others and be one with them. So look forward to participate in any kind of celebration whenever you are invited to join any occasion. In celebration we form a friendship which considers one another as significant and valuable. There is appreciation, love, thoughtfulness and a great deal of encouragement and support. So don't miss out any celebration when you get an opportunity to take part. You will be inspired and motivated to live your life happily and cheerfully forgetting your sorrows and sickness.

Celebration establishes connection and communication.
When there is any celebration in a family, it tends to connect people with each other and a new window of communication opens. Those who don't know others they become acquainted with others. This way the connection gets established and communication channels are open 24/7. Building a network of friends and well-wishers are necessary because we are all connected and interdependent. That means without much connection and communication our life on earth could be a boring one. So spend time to connect with others in times of celebration.

Celebration builds and promotes harmony, brotherhood and sisterhood.
Celebration is a big topic here to write about however, in general, I want to say that any celebration has power in it. It builds and promotes harmony, brotherhood and sisterhood among people. Living together in harmony is essence of our existence on this earth. So celebrate as much as you can and include others if you are able to invite them. Yesterday was my wife's birthday and I invited all her family members and close friends for a dinner party. The idea was to build and promote friendship, togetherness, connection and harmony. It was a small party but there was a great feeling of love, joy, appreciation, contentment, friendship and a sense of belongingness.

Finally celebrate life, celebrate victory, celebrate birthday, celebrate anniversary and celebrate all occasions so that you create a better world which includes everyone as one family. As long as we live on this earth we all belong to one family, one society, one nation and one world. Yes, we may cook in a different kitchen or stay in a different house or different country but we all are interdependent and connected. We are no way aloof from the others. We are all bonded and joined together with unseen threads.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.Oprah Winfrey

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Are You Living A Healthy Lifestyle?

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." Mohandas Gandhi

People who are engaged in 9-5 jobs; people who have tight schedule and people who spend a large portion of their time in sitting and watching TV are prone to unhealthy lifestyle. Are you living a healthy lifestyle? How can you define your health and wellness?

A study done by Michigan State University defined healthy lifestyle on the basis of four criteria and of the 153,000 subjects only 3% responded in all four characteristics. It is a sad phenomena today as people are living a very sophisticated lifestyle. Let's discuss the four healthy lifestyle characteristics.

1. Not Smoking
These days due to the availability of cigarettes in every street corner and disposable pocket money in the hands of children are the causes of widespread smoking. I have witnessed children as old as 8 years smoking cigarettes and eating marijuana. And those who don't smoke cigarettes are few to find today. I am a non-smoker by choice because I love my life and I want to be healthy. The percentage of those who smoke is 96% than the non-smokers 4%. This is the lifestyle people are living today. Make a wise choice today to live a healthy life later.

2. Reducing the weight
If you hold your weight down, you have a golden chance of living a healthy lifestyle. But there is a rapid rise of obesity among people of all age groups. The modern world is progressing and developing but it has its own disadvantages. People don't do anything to reduce their weight. They don't walk instead they use their cars to go to the next corner. The mobility of people is less and less day by day. Technology is good but it has broken down the normal healthy lifestyle of people. You must maintain your healthy weight.

3. Eating right
People must eat with their brain rather than eating with their mouth for taste. People are craving and dying to eat and taste some various delicacies and cuisine forgetting about their health and wellness. I think people must eat enough to survive rather than to eat for taste. The availability of fast food is the main cause of not eating right. In some parts of the world people are dying of hunger but at the same time there are people in the world who are dying to eat for the taste.

4. Exercising daily
People have time for their office, job, restaurant, friends, clubs and party but they don't have time for daily exercise. People neglect to do the daily exercise and when they don't do the exercise, they can't easily hold their weight down. Their obesity begins to control their movement. People make unnecessary excuses for not exercising. Practically everybody is a victim and avoids doing daily exercise.

If you do ten minutes exercise daily, eat right, control your body weight and avoid smoking or drinking you can lead a healthy lifestyle and enjoy a greater degree of satisfaction and happiness. These four characteristics alone can provide you with a lifestyle that you should be proud of. If you love yourself and love your life then it won't be hard to practice these disciplines.

"Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death." Buddha

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor