FEED YOUR STARVED INTELLECT

People generally live in a self-centred world. They know about themselves, but remain unaware about others. Therefore every person tends to overestimate himself while underestimating others. This disparity in thinking results in stress. If you are able to eliminate this disparity and adopt a realistic approach, you will certainly be able to lead a stress-free life. Stress is often due to recalling past failures and/or worrying about the future. A simple solution to the mental anguish caused by past failures is to forget them; similarly, a simple solution for worrying about the future is that you should think about the problem only if it becomes a reality rather than worry in advance. Frequently what one worries about does not become reality, so there is no need to worry about it beforehand. There was a student who was so worried about the results of his exam that he fell sick and had to be hospitalized. But when the results came out, he had passed the exam with good marks. In this experience, there was nectar for the student—that is, he should have waited for the result rather than become worried in advance. Stress may be equated with intellectual starvation. If you discover the art of feeding the intellect, you will never complain of stress. o Every person tends to overestimate himself while underestimating others. This disparity in thinking results in stress. Adopt a realistic approach and you will be able to lead a stress-free life.