Dr Shahid Amin Trali
As we have entered into a new year, it’s time to look forward and make a resolution for a safe and promising future. There is a need to bring more peace into our lives.There are realistic and unrealistic demands of life (both in personal and career life) and it has added to the increased stress of humans. Every religion approves the power of meditation. Meditation can easily improve moods and reduce our stress. It can also lessen anxiety even increase our decision making abilities and self-control. Some of the research studies have revealed the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in adolescence. There are other studies that have revealed how meditation helped students perform better academically. Meditation can be incredibly beneficial in many aspects of children’s lives.
Researches strongly suggest that volunteering creates social gain which leads to more interaction, engagement, and trust which all significantly impact a person’s mental health. We should never think we are too small to contribute. What matters is the contribution be it a small or a big one. Researches have also observed that the quality of our relationships is theimportant predictor of our happiness-more so than success, wealth, status or fame. There is a need to strengthen our relationships. We must prioritize our relationships to set the foundation of a happy and healthy life.
It is not that easy to maintain confidence, because it can be crushed at any moment. But we need to work hard on improving our self-confidence if we want to be the leaders that everyone looks up to. With confidence, we’re able to achieve flow, the magical feeling and be able to achieve our goals easily. We need to be conscientious as it is often linked to success and productivity. We must try to be consistent, more punctual, being more organized and thoughtful of others.
There is a serious concern as our children are usingsmartphones limitlessly. This technology is affecting our growth and development when there is its usage without limits. Some of the serious issues that are being witnessed now are communication issues, unresponsiveness, behavioral problems, and addiction, sleep disturbances, eye problems etc. There should be higher motivations for outdoor games.Play is an important source of relaxation. In addition, it can make us more creative and productive. Experts are suggesting spending time together with our kids, keepingSmart Phones as the last priority and activity based learning and others as some of the remedial measures to make life of our children healthy and happy.
Our nature is too beautiful and must be explored at its fullest. Spending time in nature can produce wonders. It makes us happier and boosts our immune system. It even can add to our creativity and productivity. We must resolve that this year we’ll be spending more time outside rather than sitting dull inside the offices and the houses. But we must also find good ways and measures to protect, promote and preserve our rich nature.
(The author is an Associate Professor in the School of Management, ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh )
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