Day 20 - मन का हो तो अछा, मन का ना हो तो ज़्यादा अछा

BigB believes in the phrase and says that its like the Bachchan family motto. It was passed on from his father to him and he has passed it on to his son Abhishek and daughter Shweta who in turn will pass it on to their children.

Its the Bachchan family motto and I think its a great one.

What you wished for with all your heart.....if it happens, its good; but what if it doesn't? Its even better. Because then its happening according to what God wished and He would never wish bad for you.

An extension of that would also be what our parents usually tell us when something bad happens to us. Don't worry about this small hiccup - God must have planned something better for you.

But I guess that's what life is about, isn't it? Hope! And that is why I really like the Bachchan family saying - मन का हो तो अछा, मन का ना हो तो ज़्यादा अछा

When our heart breaks in love and it does not happen according to what we wished for, we should pull ourselves together and know that He did not wish this for us and there is something better in the future. When we don't get the job that we aimed for or didn't crack the interview, its for the better because this one was not meant for us.

At the end of the day it all boils down to hope and faith. Faith that things will get better and time will heal the pain and the wounds. And it does. In hindsight we look back at things and smile that we felt pain at that moment. We move on and as time flies, life takes us along.

Hope makes the world go around.

And I guess thats what spirituality is about. As Indians we have immense faith in Him and His plans for us. We firmly believe that He does not wish ill for us and in the final analsis of life, it will all work out for the positive. After all if you don't experience pain, how will you know the value of happiness?

So next time things don't go according to plan, remember - मन का हो तो अछा, मन का ना हो तो ज़्यादा अछा!