We all believe that we get only one life to live and we should live it to the fullest, but we hardly realize this. The first and the most important argument against this is what is the proof behind this statement that we get only life (even if there is one, at least I don’t know it). Let us assume that we actually get only one life then the next question that arises is what is meant by living to the fullest. Of course most of you would immediately think that it is such a simple question; simply enjoy the life. Do dream and do fulfil them in this life only. Do whatever makes you happy in this life. In fact some of you would even say that this means do whatever you want to do without assuming any restrictions on yourself. You never know when you might die.
But somehow I feel that this idea is really a selfish one.
First of all how do we confirm that whatever we are dreaming or we are assuming as our happiness is really what would make us happy. It is quite possible that whatever makes you happy makes somebody and trust me somebody close to you really unhappy. Even sometimes your dream might be somebody’s nightmare.
So for example if you dream to open a company which sells “good quality” liquor then surly the people drinking your liquor and helping you to fulfil your dream of being a millionaire by being successful in this field are not doing good to themselves in all the ways. Their near and dear ones might actually be railing against them and against you also.
Take another example and assume you like and dream of playing a seriously dangerous adventure sport which is a real life threatening game. You might be fulfilling your dream while playing that but what if you die while enjoying that game. This would leave your family crying forever.
Going one step further, doing any damn thing going against the laws and rules setup in the society is not a good idea as it makes neither you nor anybody else happy.
Then I tried to figure out what can then be or should be the real meaning of living life to the fullest.
I believe this should simply mean that you live full and always be full. If you are full at the end of your life then you would be very much satisfied at the time of dying. What I mean by being full is when you are full you are actually complete. This means you are not half of yourself and half of a fake identity created by yourself to make something work or to make some people happy.
This would mean that you never have double standards in your life and you never misrepresent yourself to others and yourself. When you are half you never know what can actually satisfy and make you happy. Your completeness includes not only your body but your mind, body and soul. Sp when you are true to yourself then you exactly know what you should do to calm and pacify your mind, body and soul.
Going one step further I would say your completeness does not end to you only rather it includes the people around you. It goes even beyond as it includes the trees, the wind, the clouds and the beauty that GOD has created around you. It includes the complete nature around you. Making any of these unhappy, won’t leave you complete or full.
If you are not full at the end of your life, you never lived to the fullest.
But somehow I feel that this idea is really a selfish one.
First of all how do we confirm that whatever we are dreaming or we are assuming as our happiness is really what would make us happy. It is quite possible that whatever makes you happy makes somebody and trust me somebody close to you really unhappy. Even sometimes your dream might be somebody’s nightmare.
So for example if you dream to open a company which sells “good quality” liquor then surly the people drinking your liquor and helping you to fulfil your dream of being a millionaire by being successful in this field are not doing good to themselves in all the ways. Their near and dear ones might actually be railing against them and against you also.
Take another example and assume you like and dream of playing a seriously dangerous adventure sport which is a real life threatening game. You might be fulfilling your dream while playing that but what if you die while enjoying that game. This would leave your family crying forever.
Going one step further, doing any damn thing going against the laws and rules setup in the society is not a good idea as it makes neither you nor anybody else happy.
Then I tried to figure out what can then be or should be the real meaning of living life to the fullest.
I believe this should simply mean that you live full and always be full. If you are full at the end of your life then you would be very much satisfied at the time of dying. What I mean by being full is when you are full you are actually complete. This means you are not half of yourself and half of a fake identity created by yourself to make something work or to make some people happy.
This would mean that you never have double standards in your life and you never misrepresent yourself to others and yourself. When you are half you never know what can actually satisfy and make you happy. Your completeness includes not only your body but your mind, body and soul. Sp when you are true to yourself then you exactly know what you should do to calm and pacify your mind, body and soul.
Going one step further I would say your completeness does not end to you only rather it includes the people around you. It goes even beyond as it includes the trees, the wind, the clouds and the beauty that GOD has created around you. It includes the complete nature around you. Making any of these unhappy, won’t leave you complete or full.
If you are not full at the end of your life, you never lived to the fullest.
