Centre of Life

I was reading a self-help book today.
The book talked about various centres of life. These are the points around which we build our lives and these are the benchmarks according which we determine our reactions, consciously or sub-consciously. He had definitely had a point there when he broadly categorized the centers as spouse, family, money, work, possession, pleasure, friends, enemies, etc. The worst part was that I could identify with one of these centred lives. I found that I have actually built my life around one person. An enemy. I call the worst part because in my previous post, I had mentioned my enemy. What a coincidence!!!
But, there is a good side to everything. A diagnosis of a problem helps find its remedy. I have found the remedy. Our lives should be built around strong principles, which don't change easily. I will be preparing a mission statement soon which will help me make the right decisions in difficult times.

The Concept of Parallel Universe.

I have started to think a lot. Last few days have been really difficult and full of misery. But, as I always say, it is only in adversity that a person grows.
I took a break of 2 days and reflected. I reflected on the problems I am facing and my attitude towards it. I came to the conclusion that I badly need a change in my Attitude.
There are no real problems and no real enemies in this world. You are your greatest enemy when you have the wrong attitude and you see problems only when you choose to look at them.
It was when I thought about this that it the concept of parallel universe came to my mind.
Lets call my space of life, the things that surround me, my universe. My so called "enemy" lives in one universe while I live in  another. The beauty of the fact is that neither of us can interfere with another's universe and only we have the control over our own universe. With all the control over how we live our life, all that we need to do is to make the decisions that are right according to us. These decisions should keep us happy.
My "enemy" lives in a universe that is parallel to and visible from my universe but I cannot control what he does while I can decide if I want to be influenced by his actions whatever they may be. There may be things that he may be doing, intentionally or unintentionally, to hurt me. It is in this moment that I make a decision to mind what he is doing or ignore it or make it my strength.
It is in this moment that the direction, happiness or misery of life is be decided. And I decide to do it responsibly and in my best interest.

Another Childhood Dream

It was during a conversation today that I remembered that I had this big dream.

I want to own a big library some day. I want to collect every good book in that library. I want to read more. And I want to build a big collection of books for my own self.

It has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. My teacher encouraged me to read a lot and I did. At one point, I even wanted to get a book as a present for every b'day. But, over time I became busy with my boring academic books and forgot all about this dream of mine. Of course, I still love to read, but for a while now I have been using libraries to get books and thats how I read most of the books. But, with this dream on my mind again, I am going to make sure I buy lots of books and even more, I am going to try to build this library.