Once upon a time, in a gurukula, when Guruji lived, a man named Somadutta went to him and asked “What is the worth of human life?” Guruji smiled and instead gave him a shining stone and said “First go and find the worth of this stone.” Somadutta got puzzled with Guruji’s reply. But without saying anything he took the stone and was about to go when Guruji reminded him not to sell the stone in any case. Somadutta, though bit surprised, took that stone and went to the market. First he went to an Orange seller and asked him about the worth of the stone. Orange seller replied “I will give a dozens of oranges and you give this stone to me.” Somadutta moved on and then went to a vegetable vendor and asked him the same question. The vendor exclaimed “Take a sack of potatoes and leave this shiny stone.” Somadutta still not satisfied with all these answers kept going on. Next he went to a goldsmith and showed him the stone. Goldsmith amazed by the shine of the stone said “Sell me this s
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Oh life, you are blooming like a flower! Life is all about living to its fullest potential – not leaving any unused. It is all about the highs, the lows and everything else in between. Recognising, acknowledging, accepting and appreciating ourselves as we are is one of the most important things to live life to it’s fullest potential. Accepting ourselves doesn’t just mean that we superficially pamper ourselves with our likes and dislikes; it means that we wholeheartedly accept, appreciate and acknowledge for being what we are. It is unfortunate that we resist ourselves more than anything. We fail to put ourselves first, we fail to accept ourselves without change, amendments and makeup. Are we impartial in our lives? Definitely not, we judge things, people, situations to the core – we justify our likes and dislikes. We fail to respond and reflect like a mirror, however, we react to the core. To judge is to punish, it is violence; we need to learn to respond impartially. W