Today, I was jogging alone in the municipal stadium of Thiruvalla after 7 am. The sunlight was falling on my face and entire body. It was not warm-just a sensation of bright light on the body. It was wonderful to run in the sunlight especially when there was nothing to bother me. I looked around-it was all greenary. I listened and heard the sweet sound of some birds. I love the sound of a bird which people here call sparrow in Malayalam, but this one is only one or two inch long. It has a captivating sound and the way it moves around is so cute. The sound of my footsteps and breath seemed to be in rhythm. Then, My heart opened up and it was filled with gratitude towards God, my parents, my wife, my friends and everything in the world. It was one of those rare moments when I live in the present and enjoy life. At that moment, life seemed to be beautiful. Nothing bothered me. I was not worried of anything. I had a feeling of being one with the nature. The following thoughts occured to me at that time.
We all are capable of accepting good values and habits in life. However, if our community gives importance to things that are not desirable and forces us to imitate them, then peace, happiness and joy will remain strangers to us. And today the society is forcing us to accept unnatural values and habits. However, if we act prudently and return to natural values and habits life will become beautiful.
Today, it is very hard to control our brains. We must realize that just like any other organ our brain is also an organ. We do not keep on using our hands when we do not want to use it. However, our brain keeps on thinking even when we do not want to think. That is causing misery to us. We must be able to concentrate on the things that are happening at present and stop our mind from keep on thinking about past or future. It is important to think about past and future at certain times. However, when we begin to be unhappy because of our thoughts, I think we should stop thinking for a short period and start to concentrate on things around us and do things that we enjoy for sometime everyday. Exercise is an activity that nature wants us to do. Our body can function well only if it gets proper exercise.
