A goal for life

A goal for life

GoalAs fortunate souls on Earth, we are all born with certain inherent capabilities. As we grow we nurture them as well as cultivate some others. However many a times our abilities are not put to full use. We may be earning our daily bread through sales although our core competency may be something else, say entrepreneurship. As we live our daily life making ends meet through our job, satiating our primary and secondary needs our need to exploit our core capability, gets distanced. If we want to activate our latent abilities we must have a goal in life. It need not always be a desire for ‘moksha’. It can be anything that can be achieved in our current birth. What is important is there should be a very clear and specific goal in everybody’s life. A goal-less life would only lead to humiliation, dejection and sorrow.
There was once an ardent disciple of Lord Buddha who had a burning desire to publish a book of his Guru’s teachings. He spent a lot of time and effort collecting funds to publish the book. This he did
by going door-to-door to his neighbors, friends and acquaintances requesting monetary help. The day came when his efforts bore fruit and he had raised enough money for the book. However, no sooner had he heard about the cyclone that had hit a poor village nearby, than he sent the entire fund collection to the victims. He then started the fund-raising process all over again. Friends and good Samaritans helped him this time too. He was all set to realize his goal when a deadly earthquake struck another part of the country. Without any hesitation he sent all the money to help the victims. For the third time, he mobilized funds and successfully published the book. Albeit he was close to achieving his goal the first two times, he didn’t lose hope when he couldn’t.
Like him we should also have a desire to succeed in the task/goal we have set for ourselves. Then we have to act in the proper manner to be able to accomplish the task within a prescribed time. Unless we have a working plan, our priceless energy and time will go to trash. Remember that the goal has to be clear in our mind so that it induces the spirit to translate the passion into action. The clearer the goal, the easier it is for the mind to devote its energy towards fulfilling it. Keen desire and ardent aspiration are the magnetic forces that take us to a sphere that is favorable to the realization of our goal.

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