Importance of Aim in Life
Importance of Aim in Life :
"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder." - Eileen Caddy
The rudder of a ship steers the ship to a particular destination. Similarly aim or goal set by us directs our life to a particular destination. A life without an aim is absolutely meaningless. Thus , needless to say that in order to shape up one’s life ,one must not only have a proper aim in life but should also have a profound desire to achieve it.
Aim can also be termed as Goal or Target. Once the goal is set, human minds start formulating several ways and means following which the target set can be reached. All our thoughts and efforts are channelized in that specific direction leading towards the target. Many a times we find the route to the target is very tough and turbulent .There are various obstacles overcoming which becomes quite a difficult task for us, we feel completely exhausted, thereby losing our focus, self-confidence, concentration and most importantly our hope. Precisely speaking it is the challenge that life throws at us, our destiny starts testing our patience, confidence, courage and stamina. At this stage, we should not feel despaired, instead we should scrutinize every step of our movement, learning from our previous mistakes . This is the time when our intense desire of achieving our aim replenishes us with self-confidence, optimism, stamina and enthusiasm which helps to regain our positive energy to fight back and throwing a challenge towards life, destiny in return.
In other words we can say that our intense desire to achieve our goal rejuvenates our minds in all possible ways, we regain our stamina, energy, enthusiasm to experiment with our potential, our capabilities, our expertise. Thus we can say that setting an aim in life and being passionate enough to achieve it do not only direct our life to a particular destination but also sharpen and strengthen our mind and body, thereby firming our character in totality.
In life we all set our goals and pursue them to the best of our capacity, but all our goals need not be money oriented. Certain goals are set to serve humanity. Sometimes certain goal set by human beings are so noble that monetory factor turns out to be very insignificant compared to the chastity of such an aim. For instance, Mother Teresa, her sole aim in life was to serve the downtrodden and distressed people surviving in this world. The world salutes Mother Teresa for her gracious contribution to the society.
Unfortunately, today we all are accustomed to materialistic life to such an extent that all our aims are mostly money-oriented in nature. In order to live a healthy life and to maintain a proper standard of living we do require money. Money is essential for survival, but let us not forget we are human beings and not machines. As human beings we do have moral responsibilities towards our families, society, country, but our extremely money-oriented ambitions are making us mercenary, exterminating our humane qualities in totality, thereby giving birth to several malicious qualities in human minds. This is one reason why today a certain category of people do not hesitate to dump their old, ailing, helpless parents in old age homes.
Human beings are blessed with several benevolent instincts, to name a few - love, compassion, respect, geneourosity, most importantly - unique mind power which can distinguish between the right and the wrong. Therefore we should exercise our mind power to such a level that our mind should guide us to take only righteous steps and decisions in life. Humans without benevolent instincts, a thoughtful compassionate mind is same as a brutal animal. We should always maintain a balance between our ambition and our moral responsibilities, our inefficiency in striking a proper balance between the two is giving birth to several family, social problems which is rottening the society.
It is very important to have a constructive aim in life . Our aims should construct our lives with everything virtuous, righteous that life has to offer in plenty. We should always remember that for purchasing the best quality product from the market we have to pay a high price. Similarly higher our aim, tougher will be the road leading to the target, but with complete focus, concentration, dedication we can reach our goal, breaking all barriers and obstacles. An aim which is destructive in nature might provide us with all luxuries but it robs us of all humane qualities.
AUTHOR : Ms. Sormista Pal - India
Importance of Aim in Life - Importance of Aim in Life
