The Choice is Simple.

Most of us ponder our whole life seeking a purpose and an inroad to lasting happiness, in other words, satisfaction. So why are we so occupied only by this question and have been overlooking the most obvious way to get there. I.e. service. May be because we don't intend to do something that is pain staking. We want satisfaction to come to our door steps, while we relax leaning back on the chair. "I'll do something this weekend " one would plan. But as it turns out, the weekend would go in pursuit of obliging to self's fantasies. The pondering continues until next weekend and so forth. Service, has to be ones life purpose. It's not easy but then, what's anyway easy in life. I saw a IRCTC catering boy selling water when I was traveling to my hometown. He took numerous turns of the complete train ensuring if anyone needs his service. You may say, it's his job and he's paid for that. But poise for a moment and think, did he choose that job? Will you as a child, dream about taking such a job, or being a driver of a public transport. Obviously not. But these people still do their part, whether by resilience or by choice. But we have a choice. Fortunately we have been endowed with a comparatively comfortable life. So let's make this Nobel and imperative choice to serve the nation. Educate someone, feed someone, visit a school and teach a lesson, or do anything that impacts a life. In our PM's words, " if each one of us take a step towards nation building, the nation moves ahead by 1.25 billion steps. " Similarly if each one of us to pledge to serve, each one of us serve one another and we could be in such great harmony. Milkman serves me, and I'll help his children get good education. Imagine. I envisage such a nation. Shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand. Let's nurture this dream and nourish it through our actions. I would like to end this blog by quoting Mahatma Gandhi, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others"