Live Fully Always

I recollect a story that relays the essence of this topic. God disguised himself and decided to visit his children in the physical world to check on them. He first reached a very wealthy man, Raju's house and knocked on the door. Raju angrily opened the door, gave God a penny and asked him to never come back again. God remembered how this same man visited temple many times few years back and begged for wealth. Raju possessed every comfort, but was not happy in sharing it with others. The lord thought he had not seen a more poor man than the wealthy Raju. Next, God stopped at a poor man, Shyam's hut and knocked on the door. The poor man smilingly invited God home and requested him to have meal with his family. God was touched by Shayam's genuine love. He knew Shyam's house that night barely had any food. Shyam's wife started serving dinner to God with lot of affection, and she noticed that food in the pot kept increasing every time she served. She realized that

The word 'preserve' reminds me of my childhood days in India. We were taught to not waste many things like food, water, or money. The moment I would leave the tap running for an extra minute, someone would promptly remind or lecture me about the importance of conserving water. Surprisingly, I don't remember anyone talking about preserving peace. Infact people would even start yelling (loose their peace) if any of the other commodities were wasted. Now I wonder, why was I never reminded to preserve and protect peace. Are food, water, or money more valuable than peace? The most sorted out treasure in today's world is peace. Many conferences, unions, and committees have been established all over the globe for world peace. After so much effort, is the world a more peaceful place than before? I have heard many stories from my grand mother about their time and from those stories it feels like there was more peace few decades back. World has become peaceless because i

I recollect an insightful story that relays the message of this topic. A princess once lost her extremely valuable necklace. She looked for it everywhere for hours and did not find it. She assigned a troop of servants to look for it all over the palace and still no luck. She then sent an army of soldiers all over the kingdom, and still there was not trace of it. She was frustrated by the end of day that such a precious expensive gift from her dear father was lost. She was in the front of the mirror crying, and that’s when she noticed that the necklace was on her. She was wearing it all the time, but never bothered to check her neck. She was relieved but felt like a silly fool who ended up wasting not only her time and energy, but also others. Just like the princess, I would look for the valuable treasure peace in nature, music, and anywhere outside. I held mostly others responsible for my peaceless state and would expect them to fix it. At Brahma Kumaris , I was told that the virtue