We live in Deed , not in Years ;
In Thoughts , not Breaths ;
In Feeling ; not in Figures on a dial ;
Who Thinks most , feels the Noblest ,
And acts the Best .
Nobody wants to return the pavilion after playing few over , everyone wants a century . But for when the great scorer comes to write against your name , He writes—not that you won or lost , how long you played . But how you played the game !
Long life is desired by all . Nobody likes to die early . We read in newspapers about man who lived one hundred years or more . When someone gets departed from this world , he lefts behind on earth his soul in form of his karma (deeds) . Thus living twice – once in heaven after his death and at the same time at the earth in form of their deed . If a long – lived man left no noble account of his life behind him than his long life was worthless . They are soon forgotten , hence they lived in years , not in deed. I strongly believe that one should not desire a long life with an empty record . What is the use of a long life if it does not help a man to do good work ? “ Life is But An Empty Dream” – Life is not meaningless dream , life can be an empty dream only for those persons who is not aware of our heavenly life and has left their responsibilities behind . Death is not the ultimate goal of life , though its a reality that one day we will perish in the dust but death comes only to the body not to the deed . The value of our life is measured by our deeds not by long years . "Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."-- Siddhartha Buddha . A self - centered man may be rich and may live long but nobody cared to show any regard for him or remember him after his death . But if a great man died rather early , he did so much work for the good of others that people cherish this memory . Such a life is worth – living and gains immortality in death . A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Sankaracharya died early , but his countrymen cannot forget him during his short life he did enough good for the country . Swami Vivekananda did not reach even forty , his life has been an inspiration to many . Can we forget him ? Jesus Christ died when he was hardly thirty . Can lovers of English poetry forget the name of Shelley , Bryon and Keats ? All of them died early but their poetry have made them immortal . Napoleon , Alexander the Great , Poet Sukanta , all died very young . And yet have left their impress on human history , on the shifting sands of time . “A man possess certain qualities in childhood . When he is of 20 , he lost these qualities and gain others . He has new qualities at 40 , at 60 and at 80 . Always there’s is a loss of some qualities and a gain of other so.” How old a man is – that simply does not matter . He can be creative and influential at any age to perform .
Sankaracharya died early , but his countrymen cannot forget him during his short life he did enough good for the country . Swami Vivekananda did not reach even forty , his life has been an inspiration to many . Can we forget him ? Jesus Christ died when he was hardly thirty . Can lovers of English poetry forget the name of Shelley , Bryon and Keats ? All of them died early but their poetry have made them immortal . Napoleon , Alexander the Great , Poet Sukanta , all died very young . And yet have left their impress on human history , on the shifting sands of time . “A man possess certain qualities in childhood . When he is of 20 , he lost these qualities and gain others . He has new qualities at 40 , at 60 and at 80 . Always there’s is a loss of some qualities and a gain of other so.” How old a man is – that simply does not matter . He can be creative and influential at any age to perform .
-Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar was 17 when he hit his first century , and was 36 when he hit a double ton .
-Goethe began to be a writer when he was 10 , and wrote his greatest production Faust when he was 80 .
-Coleridge was 25 when he wrote his most famous poem “ The Ancient Mariner ” and Leonardo Da Vinci was 77 when he painted his famous “ The Last Supper ”.
-Kelvin made his first scientific discovery when he was 18 and improved his marine compass at 83 .
-Padmini kolhapuri was 14 when she became the heroin of Bollywood , and Rajender was still an unfamous farmer at 50 .
So what about this matter of age ? It is not a complete delusion that a man can either be too old or too young to accomplish any useful work . Thus the fact we discovers by reading the lives of great man is that man’s creative life can begin at 8 or at 80 . No matters how young you are , or how old , you are not handicapped by age ‘coz the value of life does not lie in the length of days but in the use of we make . I remember when I was a small girl , one morning I rose earlier than usual in order to study . I was so lost in my books that I had to go to the school without breakfast . In class , time was slow in passing and I began to feel hungry . At last lunch time came and Me , the hungry girl realized that I forget my lunchbox . I had nothing to eat . I was about to cry when I noticed a companion looking at me . “ Help Yourself ” said the companion giving me all he had . “ Thank you but what about you ? ” I asked . “ I ? ” said the companion , “ I have no appetite Today ” . He passed away with a cheerful smile on his face and the sweet conversation between us got a full stop . That day I learnt that a man is remember by his deed , little deeds are like little seeds , they grow to flowers or to weed . Today , I didn’t remember his name even but I recall again and again what good he did for me . The sixth ruler of the Mughal Emperor , Aurangzeb is know not as the Mughal Emperor but is known for his strictness and cruel heart .
Born because of the karma (deed) of their past mistakes , they make more mistakes , and fall into mistakes . Today Mohammed Ajmal Amīr Kasāb , has been sentenced to death because of his bad karma .
Without the karma of good deeds , they are only destroying themselves – Guru Granth Sahib .No one remember the age of someone and even long lived , what someone did in his life , matters ! We are on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies . Are your problems really significant in light of this ? You walk this Earth for but a short time . Why not become devoted to having only a wonderful experience . Why not dedicate yourself to leaving a powerful legacy to the world ? A person who performs good karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem . The rose is a beautiful flower . It does not last long ; but as long as its lasts , its beauty and sweet smell give joy to men . In this way the short – lived rose fulfils the mission of its life and we remember it for ever . But the oak that lives for three hundred years is soon forgotten , it does not please men as the blooming rose does . So the short life of a rose is far superior to the long life of a tree without beauty and fragrance . The Sun who is enlightening our lives from thousands of years is a God to us . Thus we find that the worth of a thing depends upon quality and not quantity . We may mention the name of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore or Mahatma Gandhi . They will ever be remembered by us for their achievements and not for their long life . In Gita , Lord Krishna said :
“ Thou has a right to action , but only to action , never to its fruit ; let not the fruit of thy work be thy motive , neither let there be in thee any attachment to inactivity ”.
--One should , perform karma with nonchalance without expecting the benefits because sooner or later one shall definitely gets the fruit . Be soft as a flower when it comes to kindness but tough as thunder when it comes to principle . Be courteous and polite at all times but never be pushed around . Ensure that you are always treated with respect . Live in the active voice rather than the passive , thinking more about what you do than about what happens to you . Live in the present tense facing the Duty at hand without worrying about the future .
That's true. Aristotle says - "We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."
ReplyDeleteThe value of our life is measured by noble deeds and not by long years. When a man fulfils the noble mission of life, he lives a true life, no matter whether he dies early or lives long. Life's mission is not simply to eat, drink and be merry. A man must have a noble form. He must do something for the good of his countrymen and the world.