What is the best gift that you have received? No, it's not that cricket bat or doll's house, nor even a good book on your birthday...it's life. It's sad how we don't realize that and as a result hardly ever feel grateful for it. When we wake up each morning, we look at the clock and say "oh man, today I'll definitely miss the meeting" but we never ever say "oh wow! Another day in my life, in good health! Great!" That means apparently that meeting is of more importance than our entire existence.
If we value our lives, then we would want to search for the purpose behind it. Whoever the creator is, God or the eternal pool of conciousness, whatever you'd like to believe in has created us for a purpose. The first thing is to realize that. Then you need to find the purpose and finally to follow that path. Otherwise, you'll end up spending your life watching soap operas or doing something totally worthless. Some people are creative by nature, they love to paint, write, cook. That gives them and people around them much pleasure. They are creating a better world. Some others are just hard workers. They are not artistic, probably wouldn't understand any fine thing, but they'll go out of their way to help others. If the purpose in your life is to change the world to a better place, you'll do it as much as possible. You might just do a tiny little thing at a time, but rest assured that tiny thing would bring huge changes to someone's life far off.
What would be the best gift that you can give? Well, you technically cannot "create" life, but you can make someone's life better. Can you make a new born feel welcomed? Most poor families all over the world are not well educated enough to prepare themselves for a baby either physically or financially. Can you help child survival centers that will provide care to mothers and neonates? Even in so called developed countries, many babies are born in poverty. Can you help families by sending much needed things like diapers and towels or little knitted things just to brighten up the dreary hospital room?
I received a picture from a child survival center that I support of a child drinking clean water. I have put that picture on my fridge so that every time I reach to get water I am reminded of how fortunate I am. Not everyone can walk two steps to get cool filtered drinking water. Can you give the gift of safe clean drinking water?
Can you give babies and children gifts of medicines and vaccines so that they can grow up to be strong and healthy young people? Or mentor someone in a distant land and enrich their young minds with the gift of knowledge and the importance of education?
How about saving some death row animal? There are thousands of kittens and puppies unnecessarily euthanized because animals shelters cannot keep them any more. If more people opt to adopt from shelters instead of "buying" show piece animals from breeders or more people came forward to foster them, these death row animals would have a normal happy life like every other pet. Can you not do something to this? A senior dog or cat with medical needs can have a perfect life with a little love and care too.
There's so much to do in this single life span. Who knows if rebirth is for true? Why waste our lives doing petty things? The stuff we value most are actually the ones without any meaning. Stop leading a clueless life. Believe in yourself. Believe that you have the power to make a difference. Stand up for those who can't speak for themselves. You would not be rewarded in money, but you'll for sure be happy.
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I believe in rebirth and would like to help all living beings have a better meaning of life and also try to preserve inanimate objects - things of beauty - from being spoilt in whatever number of births I am alotted.
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