For so many years I have lived by this mantra, a quotation by George Bernard Shaw. It is one of my favorites, and so ingrained in my DNA by now, that I hardly need to think about it – I just try (emphasis on TRY) to live it:

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

In sharing this aspiration with you, could it be useful to you to adopt as a way of life, instead of the usual New Year’s Resolutions? If you want to learn how to live in this way, this may be helpful.

I wish you many blessings in this New Year!  Namaste!