Sujatha Weragoda

 You only understand the value of something once you lose it. This is the perfect saying. Mostly, we do not think about what we have to think of how rich we are; instead, we reflect, we count what we do not have. We do not understand the value of parents when they live with us; when they leave us or when they pass away we understand the importance of parents. Similarly, the majority who have children do not know the value of children. They do not pay much attention to their children so that children ruin their lives.  This is the same with all occurrences. So what we should do to understand the value of anything is we must count what we have, we must reflect the value of what we have. Then only we care about them. This is the ways to manage a happier life.  

 A long time ago, at the beginning of the world, birds didn't have feathers. Instead, they had two legs and two hands. One day, a parrot saw a ripened mango on the top of a tree; it was unable to reach it but wanted to eat it. Because of that, it was sad; then, a powerful god appeared in front of the parrot and asked the reason for its sadness.  "Oh, my dear don't worry! I could make two feathers for you out of your hands. So you could fly to the Mango," said the god.  "Oh god, your are so nice, thank you for helping me" replied the parrot. "But you have to agree on one condition; I cannot redo what I did. In other words, you will not have hands any longer" the god warned. Since the parrot want the mango very badly, it said, "It's totally fine. I do not need hands if I could fly." Then the god created feathers out of its hands. The parrot was excited and flew to the mango. It wanted to take the mango by hand, but unfortunately, it did...

 Things happen without stopping. Some occurrences generate happiness and joy; some circumstances generate unhappiness and sorrow. That's how we see and think; however, the reality is things happen as they are. They do not want to create happiness or unhappiness. We ourselves generate happiness or sadness according to how we see it.  In Kassapa Buddha's time, there lived a merchant who was devoted to the Buddha. In the same city, there lived a man who was not happy with that merchant and wanted to make harm to the merchant. Then, he robbed two-three times the merchant's shop and destroyed his palace and garden. He did so many things to harm the merchant, but nothing worked well. Then, that man learned that the merchant was devoted to the Buddha, and if he made any harm to the Buddha's vihar, it would change the merchant's mind. Then he gave fire to the Buddha's kuti while the Buddha was out of it.  After hearing this incident, the merchant clapped and jumped with...

 Life is not hard, but, unfortunately, we make it hard. Even though we have everything to enjoy this moment, we suffer instead. For instance, consider a moment when we are unhappy. It is not because we have something lacking, but because we live in the past or future.  Let's consider a moment we are at a hospital because of sickness. At a time like that, what we need is medicine and rest, which is what we have in the hospital. There are doctors and nurses to take care of us when we need them. They are well-trained; they know what to do, and what not to do. We can rest and relax. We should not worry about anything. However, what we do is, instead of relaxing, we worry about our relatives, friends, careers, and/or money, etc. Because of that, the healing time gets long, and the stress goes high.  The physical pain is there, that's why we get treatment. Instead of physical pain, we have added so much mental pain too. It is too much. Thus, we fail to enjoy life because of thi...

 This is only a few words, a small saying but it carries a compelling meaning. Also, we can discuss various substances based on this saying; however, I am going to discuss only one meaning. It is scientific meaning.   Scientifically, to see things outside the word, eyes only do a part. It is taking the sight of the stuff. The brain performs the other part. Consider a group of people in black.

  The life is a huge book full of lessons. You only can learn the lessons, but you cannot change the lessons, at least a single letter. Not at least a period or comma. You can read it, and learn from it. It is your past.  The only thing you can do is live in the present moment, right now, right here. Then you can change the future. The only thing that you can change is the future. However, you must understand that to change the future you cannot go there. but you must work in the moment, right now, in the present life. Then, only you can change the future.  This is the real truth, but unfortunately, most of us do not understand this reality. Thus, we try to change the past, which we cannot at least think of a way. Or we try to go to the future to change it, which is not the proper way of doing it. Then, what is happening? You are ruining your present moment, you are wasting your current moment, which is the only chance to change your future. Reflect your life, learn from ...