Come the new year 2012 and all of us wish each of our friends, family and colleagues. We convey our new year wishes to them and hope for their well being, success, prosperity and good health in the coming times through the new year messages.
New year messages show the anticipation of good times ahead and wish that our dreams and aspiration all come through.
New year messages show the anticipation of good times ahead and wish that our dreams and aspiration all come through.
It is the time to spread love, affection and warmth around every person we come across even if it is a stranger. But we are unable to do that because there is
something holding us back.
something holding us back.
There was once a heroic knight. His triumphant deeds were recounted in the old stories everywhere. His bravery was great, and his sword was feared, but he was tired of hunting for dragons, ogres and monsters. He decided to abandon that fairytale world, and come and test out his bravery and skill in the real world.
However, when he arrived the real world, he found no terrible creatures, no evil wizards, not even a poor stepmother to wave his sword at. It was very strange. All he saw were worried people, with the same looks on their faces as he had seen on the faces of people he was rescuing from dragons or ogres. It didn't seem like there was anyone to put them in such fear, or to make them live in a state of such anxiety. Everyone hurried here and there, not speaking to anyone, as though something terrible was about to happen.
But, at the end of the day, nothing really bad ever happened. And so it was, day after day. He searched, he inquired, he investigated, he sailed, he climbed... but he found nothing.
Not willing to give up, he returned to the fairytale world to speak to The Wise Old Man.
"Tell me, wise one. What is the great invisible enemy that strikes fear into the hearts of people in the real world? I still haven't found it, but I won't rest until I have defeated whatever it is, and freed everyone."
The Wise Old Man was quiet for some time, then he said: "You have neither the strength nor courage to win this battle. The enemy does not exist, yet it is powerful, and as numerous as the stars in the sky."
"What?!" protested the Knight, "Is that even possible?"
"What?!" protested the Knight, "Is that even possible?"
"In the real world, because they have no dragons or ogres, they invent their enemies, and they carry them inside. Each person there has an enemy made to measure, which lives inside their heart. For some it is called greed, for others envy, for others selfishness, pessimism or desperation. They have sown the seeds of negativity in their souls, and take the fruits with them wherever they go. It is no easy task to uproot all that."
"I will do it," answered the knight, "I will set them free."
"I will do it," answered the knight, "I will set them free."
And so the knight returned to the real world, bringing all his weapons with him. Everyone he met, he would offer to free them from their negative inner life.
However, no one paid him the slightest attention, all he found was indifference and looks of surprise.
Finally, exhausted and confused, he threw down his weapons and went over to a rock at the side of the road, to rest. On his way there he tripped over his sword, and fell to the ground, knocking his head against a cockerel which had been crowing in the vicinity.
A sad looking little man was passing by, and when he saw this he burst out laughing, so much so that he could hardly stay on his feet. The knight saw in his eyes a joyful shine that he had never yet seen in the real world...
And so it was, that the knight finally found the solution to the deep sickness of the people in the real world. They only needed a smile, a laugh, a little help to banish their negative feelings,
As the New year dawns, let us take out the things that hold us back and proceed with a note of optimism. Remember the words of Rabindranath Tagore, " If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door" So, everything is possible for those who go ahead with determination.
The same phenomenon may be seen differently by two people with a different mind set. "An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." Says Bill Vaughan.
The Chinese proverb reminds us "If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."
Let us welcome the New Year with a green bough in our heats, so that the singing birds will make our life full of joy, in spite of the bleak realities that we have to face. "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."" (Matthew 6:34.)
"May the New Year bring you happiness, peace and prosperity."
"May the New Year bring you happiness, peace and prosperity."
Wish you a "Happy New Year.""
Satish
Satish