Successful Life, Unsuccessful End

SUCCESSFUL LIFE, UNSUCCESSFUL END The life of all super-achievers can be described thus: ‘successful life, unsuccessful end.’ This is because man has unlimited desires, but God has placed their fulfilment in eternal Paradise. Successful is one who devotes his present temporary life to make himself deserving of eternal Paradise, where all his desires will be fulfilled. A typical individual from the Western world had the sole ambition of making more and more money. He believed that he could find all the happiness in life through money. He made lots of money. He built a palatial house for himself. He accumulated all sorts of comforts and luxuries. But he failed to find real happiness. Finally, he reached old age. He became physically weak and bed-ridden. During the last days of his life, he recorded these words in his diary: ‘Now, I am 90 plus and bedridden. My story can be summed up in these two words— successful life, unsuccessful end.’ This is the story of all those who are called achievers or super-achievers. Those who have achieved great successes are able to find very little happiness in this world and finally they leave this world in a state of frustration. There is no exception made for any man or woman in this matter. One of the well-known names of the Indian super achievers is that of Lata Mangeshkar. Now she is more than 90. She was able to have everything in life that is desired by people— wealth, fame, popularity, awards, titles, etc. She shopped in international markets and bought as much jewellery as she wanted. She has everything that worldly people desire. But