Joyful Life- Easy Yet So Difficult Poem by Arun Maji

Joyful Life- Easy Yet So Difficult

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Work is important. But is it more important than my wellness? I see many brilliant people in Sydney as my patients. They are intelligent, hard working, and positive. Yet they often struggle, mostly emotionally. They suffer unusual distress, unusual anxiety, and unusual despair. Why?

Why I work hard? Because I want to make my life better. What better life means to me? Possibly, I want to feel joyful, relaxed and relatively pain free.

I work really hard. But question is- do I feel joyful? Do I feel relaxed? If I don't, then what good am I doing to myself with my hard work? I work hard, yet I have more pain. It means- I work harder only to bring myself more pain.

I am born to live life. Living happy joyful life is my primary objective. To make that happen I need to work and study. If any pattern of work stops me having a joyful life, that pattern of work is wrong. And I have to change that pattern of work.

Pain is born with me. I cannot escape pain. But I certainly can reduce my suffering, and make my life more joyful.

I often advise my patients- to do two things in their life. One, is to exercise for half an hour most days of week. Another, to pursue some artistic hobby. Things like- singing, dancing, playing musical instruments etc.

We pick up emotional trauma every moment, every day. Those traumas are often small. But over time, those traumas wound us to a point beyond repair. Then our life becomes our burden. We lose meaning in our living. And that is a disastrous outcome of our hard work, unfortunate outcome of our intelligence.

This is why I must exercise and pursue artistic hobby everyday to heal my everyday's wound. On top of that, artistic pursuit adds meaning to my life. Art is the fragrance of life. Without art I can live, but that life is life of a beast. In beastly life, I fulfill my carnal desire, but don't find meaning of life.

A meaningless life will always be burden to me. Isn't it? This is why I must add meaning to my life. And I must heal my wound by pursuing exercise and art. They are not options; they are must in my life.

© Arun Majin

Joyful Life- Easy Yet So Difficult
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: anxiety,depression,happiness,lifestyle,mental illness
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bernard F. Asuncion 04 April 2019

A well crafted write, Arun.....10++++++++++

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