Life means Suffering.

Life is suffering with pain, sadness, fear, disappointment, and grievances. The moment you come out of your mother’s womb, you are introduced to pain by the nurse who spank you.  You cry when your mother hold you in her arm welcoming you to this bumpy and croacked road called life. As your journey begins, you start experiencing sadness, frustration, dissapointment, grivences, fear, then finally death. But you are not the only one who suffers. Everyone in this planet suffers as long as they are alive. Just remember, you are not alone, who walk on this bumpy and croaked road called life.

To live is to suffer that is the fact we all need to accept. If you suffer, it is a sign that you are alive. There is no way to end the suffers in life but you can make your life less painful by stop renting too much space of your mind for sadness, sorrow, and pain.  Don’t let your mind replay over and over all negative thoughts or take thing too personally. Why do you allow the pain and sorrow from the past suffer the present?

“We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.” ~ Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

Boredom

Most of us are afraid to be bored we can’t stand a minute not doing things. Boredom considers as waste of time. When we wait at the doctor office for our regular check up, we force ourselves to read magazine, check email on the phone, or tap our feet impatiently. When we wait for someone, we continually check our watch for time, walk back and forth, or start making mutiple phone calls. We constantly have to find something to do, if not we don’t feel like we are human being anymore. We never think of taking that time to relax, shut down our system and let it rest for awhile. We know how to shut down our computer when it is not in use or turn off the car engine when its temperature reaches too high. Unfortunately, we don’t seem to know that we need to rest or relax sometime. So next time, you feel bored. Instead of finding something to kill time, take that moment to relax. Clear all your thoughts and give your muscles the rest they deserve. Take off the mask or whatever your role-play is for a minute; let yourself connect with your inner self. You will see boredom is not your enemy; it is a friendly reminder to let you know time to rest.