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The Wisdom of Life
Everyone suffers losses. If loss is considered a matter of
fact, everything falls into place, otherwise not. In order
to determine reality, we must not get emotional. Being
objective about reality entails acceptance of what we
have received. Any other criterion to evaluate reality is
incorrect.

We should learn the practical way to approach life.
How workable should our targets be and not give into
frustration when things are not happening our way.
There are always two kinds of factors in every situation,
extrinsic and intrinsic. For example, we can be the most
responsible driver on the road but we can still land into
a fatal accident due to someone else’s mistake. Similarly,
we can be the best prepared for an exam but we can never
actually have any influence over how the question paper
is designed. We can sit for an interview fully prepared
but we can never actually guarantee that we will be
selected or how the selection committee will review our
candidature. The realistic approach is to factor in the
extrinsic elements in life and accept them as a reality over
which we have no control. This is the only way we will
not depress ourselves asking questions such as ‘Why me?’
and ‘Why isn’t it working after all my efforts?’

20 What are the signs that you
are wasting your life?

he worldly criterion to evaluate the success of life is
Tto measure it against results. If you are getting results

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