Business of Life

The competition was, is and will remain a part of survival. We just cannot avoid it. Even for a human being to take birth, one has to fight one million sperm cells. Only one germinates. It all starts in the womb itself. 

 

The law of nature itself propagates competition- survival of the fittest. The nature of survival itself uses a comparative degree. Since birth, we are constantly conditioned to compete in this world. We become so used to competing, that if we do not have any competition around, we start competing with ourselves. Ultimately, we end up in an intricate web of worldly entanglements which is very difficult to break. 

 

How ignorantly we live our lives to pass on the same old shackles of competition we inherited from our parents to our own progenies. Progenies multiply these shackles of competition to pass on their progenies and also to us when we can take no more. What we engage in is blind competition to ruin the peace of mind of generations to come. 

 

Is there any way out for an individual from this self-created rat race? Yes. We engage ourselves in the business of life and not in the vain competition for survival. 

 

I always thought life itself as a big business. A good business needs different things to survive and flourish- Production, HR, Finance, Marketing, IT etc. But even if few things are not in place, what makes the survival possible is the mission, vision and purpose of the business. Similarly, for a good and happy life, we need- family, job, friends, house, health, hobby etc. But if few things are not in place, what makes the survival itself difficult is simply a lack of self-vision, mission and purpose. 

 

We humans are so involved and attached to our lives that we cannot look at it like a good business. Even if one limb of our business of life is missing, we think it’s a dead end. For example, if we loose our job, it would be the end of world for most of us, who would not then look at the bigger picture. We could reduce our needs, shift to smaller house, have few outings. But we still would survive. What could help us survive is rethinking of a self-vision, mission and purpose. 

 

So, next time, when we face any major problem, always try to look at the bigger picture. Establishing or re-establishing of a self-purpose always helps to overcome smaller and temporary problems. In the end we may always remind ourselves that it is not important only to survive. But what is more important is how we flourish.