We as human beings have an innate tendency to desire things we don't have. According to Gautam Buddha, this desire is the ultimate cause of suffering in our life. The reason for this being that our mind associates happiness with the achievement of these desires and we don't get that we suffer we become sad and hopeless.
So should we stop desiring anything from life?
No. We just can't do it. According to Buddha, it's the desire and suffering that actually makes anything alive. A nonliving thing can't have desire or suffering.
Again it's the desires that make us discover to manifest new things to satisfy them. These things many times actually benefit a large population. So what to do?
So why don't we try having fewer desires?
Well, that's a good idea having few desires like getting your dream job or clearing the UPSC exam (jyada personal ho gya). These are things that are actually necessary to become successful. But it is easy said than done because there are many day-to-day desires that we have that dooms our happiness. We get sad when we miss our bus or waste our time doing useless stuff or think about this global pandemic that made us stuck at our houses.
So what exactly we should do?
As we all see we can't control our desires but what we can do is to stop attaching our happiness to them especially the day-to-day desires. The mantra that can help you do this is simple you just have to say "Let It Go"
Distract yourself from things you don't have and start appreciating happiness in things that you have. This small thing when practiced daily over time can lead to profound happiness.
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