So many people have become spectators
of other people’s lives rather than being active participants in their own lives.
Paying attention to every detail of celebrities’ lives has become a national
past-time. People are hypnotically watching reality TV attentively observing others
activities and interactions rather than being present in their own lives. Everybody is obsessed with their cell phones talking about everything/ nothing day and night
and robotically sending/receiving text messages. Online dating and hook-ups are the in thing nowadays rather than people experiencing the excitement of meeting someone new randomly while they are out
living their life. And an inordinate amount of time is spent on other people’s
Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook accounts checking people out and posting
comments. Does anyone really have 500 plus friends just because they accept a Friend Request on Facebook? I can barely keep up with a handful of people. How ridiculous. It’s important to have fun, watch
mindless TV shows and do leisurely things sometimes just to take a mental break from the reality of your life but all of that is only healthy if it is done in moderation.
Have you wasted precious minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years of your life obsessing with social media, the
Internet, TV, your cell phone and leisurely activity without working on your goals and developing
your live interpersonal relationships?
Have you abandoned your dreams and stagnated in your career? Or worse yet, maybe you never took the time to pursue a career. If the answer is yes, then this quote is for
you. It is one of my favorite quotes and
it is powerful and thought-provoking.
You are what your deep driving desire is.
As your desire is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV
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