Don’t dread new experiences

Experiences are vital in improving ones understanding and hence quality of life

Dr Kapil Kakar

Posted On Tuesday, February 09, 2010   

Experiences are the invisible keys, which unlock the limitless learning’s of life and open a plethora of inexhaustible knowledge waiting to be explored. However, one may find experiences in life overflowing and thus may stop inviting new ones. The deliberate ignorance towards these opportunities may further result in taking them for granted, without realising how much one is missing in life. The individual does not realise that he / she is letting go of a great opportunity and in the process hampering his / her learning abilities.

· Don’t be indolent
Experiences often are waiting to unfold in front of us but because of our laziness we let it disappear forever. We tend to take learning for granted and subconsciously believe that similar experiences will come again in near future and learning can happen then. But being indolent is no excuse to let go a beautiful moment wanting to unfold and express itself.

· Exhausted
Often, if people are asked, “How is life?” The answer is invariably, “hectic”. By liberally using and hearing similar terms, we auto-suggest that life has become too frantic to experience something more. Moreover, we may also believe that since there have been plenty of experiences already, we can withdraw attention from the existing ‘experience’ opportunities.

· Peace of mind
It is a myth that experiences result in losing peace of mind. Instead it takes us further within us with the feeling of joy and peace especially if we are looking at life with the perspective of observing and understanding closely. Therefore, experience the peace of mind by inviting experiences rather than running away from them.

· Open mind
To experience in abundance, one needs to have an open mind towards life. Look around and be ready to grab the opportunity of learning instead of overlooking. Confront situations of life like fear, uncertainty, under-confidence, anxiety, stress, etc. with an open mind for learning something prolific not only from the consequences but from the process as well.

Greater experiences lead to greater opportunity of learning thereby moving ahead in life towards knowledge, humbleness and success.



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