Happy
New Year-2026. I hope the beginning of the new year has been very good. We know
that our mother earth completes one rotation on her axis every 24 hours. Every
day during these fixed 24 hours we watch beautiful sunrise, sunset and nature’s
amazing pictures; we prepare for the activities of a new day and observe others
- from children to senior citizens, from the poor to the rich, the
professionals to freelancers who start the day with new hope, energy and
enthusiasm. Truly, all these happenings give us lots of messages like life has
several colours, only change is permanent in life, nature is our best friend,
keep yourself busy, life is a mix of happiness and sadness and each day is
different in itself.
Yes,
each day is really a new and unique day. If we accept this fact, many wellness
points necessary for leading a good life will be clearly on our side. To say,
today will end today only. We can’t extend it for even a minute. Tomorrow will
be another new day. So, we have to complete today’s tasks today only and that
too in a qualitative manner. If we think about this issue deeply, we will
definitely try our best to do the needful to finish all necessary tasks. And
when we start following this principle and take matching efforts, all tasks
will be completed on time and the results will definitely be far better. But do
all of us follow this principle?
In
general, some people defer today’s task for the next day not as a matter of any
compulsion, but for no reason or for some illogical reasons. It gradually
becomes their normal habit to delay, ignore or keep the task pending. We
experience this kind of situation mostly in government offices. Anyway, this
attitude is not only detrimental to the progress of those people, but also to
the overall growth and image of the company where they work. Moreover, these
people can’t achieve the set goal of life and remain the non-performers despite
having all the potential of achieving even bigger targets. After some time,
they feel down and lose their self-confidence. But at any point of time in
their life, if they think what has happened, it happened; past is past; it’s
better to forget about that and move forward with a positive attitude, the new
positive chapter in their life begins from there itself. Isn’t it?
Yes,
it is a noteworthy fact that when we are blessed to have a new day every day,
why not welcome it with all smiles. Actually, when we get something new and
that too of our liking, we feel very happy; we are full of energy and
enthusiasm; we spend that day in a beautiful manner; the focus is only on doing
our best to achieve better success and we do that well. Certainly, those who
think and act by welcoming each day as a new day, they perform exceedingly well
in all fields of life and remain far ahead of many people. Now the question is
what’s the road map for those who are really interested in making their life
better and happier?
The main thought behind this initiative for improvement is to accept and appreciate that every moment of our life is extremely precious and hence it must not be wasted just like that. Day and night come and go as a natural process which we can’t delay, disrupt or stop. We can only live those moments in a right and suitable manner. That does mean that we must understand the value of our life and perform our duties accordingly. So, the best way is to keep your life’s short term and long-term goals in focus, identify and prepare a list of urgent and important tasks and start taking best of efforts in that direction. Don’t feel anxious or stressed about the outcome of your efforts. Just think and act right and live your life in totality. Simultaneously keep on clearing your mind of negative thoughts related to the events of the past. But how? Just try to follow what the famous management expert Norman Vincent Peale says, “Practice emptying the mind daily. This should be done preferably before retiring at night to avoid the retention by the consciousness of worries while you sleep. During sleep, the thoughts tend to sink more deeply into the subconscious. The last five minutes before going to sleep are of extraordinary importance, for in that brief period the mind is most receptive to suggestion. It tends to absorb the last ideas that are entertained in waking consciousness." To be precise, each day is a special day. So, just do your best with a positive mindset and enjoy life. Believe me, you will have plenty of good things at your command.
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