I recently came across this quote and could not stop thinking how useful it is. Depression is twenty first century’s most common problem. Each one of us come across this problem frequently and if you are working in knowledge industry risk is higher. People rush to doctors or anti depressants but get only temporary relief. While pondering over above quote I realized it is the remedy of the said problem.
Before asking why, stop and reread the quote and think over it . On giving serious thought we realize we get depressed when we are tense and we get tense when we feel deeply about something, in other words when we are concerned about something. Its good to be concerned about things because it motivates us to action and when we act we resolve the problem. While on the other hand if we are concerned about things but we are lazy enough to act on it things, accumulate and leads to tension and then depression. Since laziness is such an incorrigible disease or habit we do not realize what the problem is and then we blame world for stealing our happiness when the problem is created by our own dear habit!
But now you would say “I am not lazy, I act the moment I have some concern still I get depressed. Why?” well to this we have other quote from “Gita” which complements the above quote, its, continue doing your duty without thinking about fruit. This clarifies why even when we act on time sometimes we get depressed. When we are acting on something the thought of result continues to plague us.
In short to remain on track and motivated the moment you have concern start acting for it without wishing for the expected result and result will follow the suit !!
