Keeping One’s Mind on Tomorrow

Keeping One’s Mind on Tomorrow I n 1898 Lord Curzon was appointed the Viceroy of India. He had two daughters. When Lady Curzon was expecting their third child, both she and her husband were hoping that it would be a boy. Their hopes were dashed, however, when in March 1904, another baby girl was born to them. The couple were staying in Naldara at the time of the birth, and they named their daughter Alexandra Naldara Curzon after the place. Later on, Lady Curzon returned to London. In one of the letters that Lord Curzon wrote to her from the summer capital, Shimla, he consoled her with these words: “After all, what does sex matter after we both of us are gone.” It is possible that these words were merely an attempt on Lord Curzon’s part to hide his frustration. Be that as it may, adopting such an attitude can solve most of life’s problems, if one becomes conscious of the value of doing so. Man desires money, offspring and power more than anything in this world, and he does his utmost to acquire them. But if a person reflects upon this, finally he is going to leave all these things behind. What is the good of having something which he is bound to lose? If people were only to realize this, they would become content with what they have. It would put a stop to the oppression and cruelty that is perpetrated in this world out of sheer greed.