Money
has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what the total cost of your
education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of
schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid
to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your
mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born. You won't
remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the
experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience
has.
Good
times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the
future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where
the tomorrow will come... life has been in one way or the other a
roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that
deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet
was full... sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and you still
had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile.
Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had
laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried
alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your
own self, and you alone can remember them all. Fact remains the same cost of
the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
You
can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local
temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international
holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to
take a loved one onto your lap. Aspects like your health, knowledge development
and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.
Time
will pass... economy will revive... currency will soon be in current... and in
all this; I don't want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed
in gloom. If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you
have, you will still not be happy.
Make
a statement with the way you live your life. Respect life, live with passion.
Always
remember this: "If you wait to be happy you will never be happy!
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