Whether our days are good or bad, we should always concentrate on our actions and state of mind, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji
We all have good days and bad days. What amounts to a good day for one person may equate to someone else’s bad day. Just like some days are hot whereas some are cold, depending on whether it is summer or winter, one has to bear with all these changes. We must understand, changes do take place often, else life would be dull and boring. Days can thus be of many kinds if we consider them from different points of view. We have all heard some people saying that “I have fallen on bad days”. However, in actual sense, the days are neither bad nor good because a day is just a name given to a period of 24 hours, so it is just a unit of time but still we have a meaning when we say: “I am on bad days” or “That fellow is on good days”.
When a person says that he is on bad days, what he generally means is either some people are criticising him bitterly or are accusing him without any basis. It also might be whatever role he plays and the job he does, turns into a complete failure and he flops. He does his best and yet success eludes or evades him. He loves some people and has good wishes for them and yet these people get estranged from him or turn into his enemies or rivals. Those very people whom he had helped in their dire need have now turned their back on him and show not even a little concern for his well-being. There is no one even to encourage him up or at least to utter a word of sympathy. On the other hand, they, unashamedly, point to his shortcomings and hit hard at his weakness and try to open or scratch his wounds. He feels that people do not misbehave with him and that he generally meets success whatever be the venture he embarks upon.
History is full of examples of even kings becoming beggars or of ordinary men ascending on thrones. But, what we need to remember is that the shift in our fortunes or the change in our days is brought about by the change that took place in the past in the quality of our own actions. The change in days, some say, is due to change in our stars, but even stars in the sky change due to action of souls which also are the stars now on earth. Remember! the whole nature is influenced by our own actions and, so, we are the makers of our own fortune. We determine our own destiny. So, basically, bad days are those days when a person has bad thoughts or does bad actions and good days are, basically, those days, when a person thinks good and does good.
We should also keep in mind, during the days of stress and strain or tests and tribulations,that these odd days also will change because nothing, in this world stays for ever. Just as night is succeeded by day and, so, also good days will follow bad days sooner or later and we should, therefore have patience and faith in ourselves. Since our bad days are consequence of our actions, we cannot, therefore, run away from them but have only to bear with them happily or a heavy heart even as we choose. We have to adopt a posture, a strategy, a tactic, a line of action, a plan or a strategy to remain as much unaffacted as we possibly can. There is no use cursing our stars or wailing over our misfortune. On the other hand, we should take lessons from these hard tests and consider these as exercises for self-development or causes for crisis management. Also, when anyone is on good days, he should not boast of his wisdom or adventures or knowledge and circle of friends. Because one never knows when one will be hauled up on live coals. So, let us, therefore, not be proud to the point of boasting, bragging or praising the self. Instead we must always keep in mind that whether our days are good or bad, we should always be good in our actions, our state of mind. Also with our dealings and relations with others, our attitudes and our response to various situations. If we follow this process , then we can turn even bad days into good ones. So, lets stop thinking about good or bad days, and be a master of our own fortune.