Da li smo mi taoci sopstvenih misli? 🤔 Are we hostages of our own thoughts? 🤔

Kada bi se ispred vas stvorio duh iz čarobne lampe i rekao:

• Imaš pravo samo ovaj put na želju, moraš da izabereš:
• Da li želiš da dobiješ bilo šta što poželiš materijalno ili duševni mir?
  Hm, šta bi vi izabrali?

If a ghost from a magic lamp appeared in front of you and said:

• You have the right to wish only this time, you have to choose:
• Do you want to get anything you want materially or peace of mind?
  Um, what would you choose?

Pitanje izgleda lako, zar ne? Ali nije baš tako. Dobro razmislite. . .
Mnogi ljudi će reći da dobiju nešto materijalno jer ceo život radimo da bi ostvarili nešto, kuću, automobil, bazen . . . Ali, kroz šta sve prodjemo da bi došli do toga? Stresovi, stresovi, stresovi. Jurimo, žurimo, nemamo vremena za sebe, zar ne? Znam da je to potrebno u životu ali često nam godine i godine prodju u tom teškom radu i kada ljudi dobiju pritisak, anksioznost, glavobolju, onda drugu polovinu života potroše na lečenje.

The question seems easy, right? But it's not quite like that. Think carefully. . .
Many people will say that they get something material because we work all our lives to achieve something, a house, a car, a swimming pool. . . But what do we go through to get there? Stresses, stresses, stresses. We're rushing, we're in a hurry, we don't have time for ourselves, right? I know that it is necessary in life, but often we spend years and years in that hard work and when people get pressure, anxiety, headaches, then they spend the second half of their lives on treatment.

Vidite, kada imate duševni mir, onda kroz njega dolazi ono što vam treba. To je najispravniji put. Ako imate sve materijalno što želite, čovek tada stalno strepi da to ne izgubi i samim tim gubi duševni mir, a to je onda pravi pakao. Vrtite se u začaranom krugu.
Šetajući kroz park misleći o tome, naletela sam na pravu oazu mira. Kućice za ptice. Tiho mesto okruženo zelenilom i mirom.

You see, when you have peace of mind, then what you need comes through it. That is the most correct way. If you have everything materially that you want, then a person is constantly worried about losing it and thus loses peace of mind, and that is then real hell. You are spinning in a vicious circle.
Walking through the park thinking about it, I stumbled upon a real oasis of peace. Birdhouses. A quiet place surrounded by greenery and peace.

Na pragu kućica su stajale ptičice koje su se razbežale dok sam prilazila. Sakrila sam se iza jednog žbuna i čekala da se vrate u kućice gde je bila hrana. . .
Stajale su strpljivo na granama čekajući da odem.

There were little birds standing on the threshold of the houses, which flew away as I approached. I hid behind a bush and waited for them to return to the houses where the food was. . .
They stood patiently on the branches waiting for me to leave.

Vidite, životinje nisu sebične. One su mudre. Ne žele da rizikuju život zbog hrane iako im od nje zavisi život. One cene svoju slobodu, znaju da ova opasnost neće večno trajati. Strpljive su. Bila sam uporna ali one su bile još strpljivije. Pobedile su. Otišla sam.

You see, animals are not selfish. They are wise. They don't want to risk their lives for food even though their lives depend on it. They value their freedom, they know that this danger will not last forever. They are patient. I was persistent but they were even more patient. They won. I went.

Ovu priču ću završiti rečima jednog mudrog predsednika koji se u istoriji neće više ponoviti, sigurna sam. Osim što je bio predsednik, bio je spiritualna ličnost koja je hrabro menjao politiku i udahnuo joj svežinu razuma:

I will end this story with the words of a wise president that will not be repeated in history, I'm sure. In addition to being the president, he was a spiritual person who boldly changed politics and breathed fresh reason into it:

“ Pošto smo izumili potrošačko društvo, ekonomija nam mora biti u stalnom rastu. Ako ne uspije postići rast, to je tragedija. Izumili smo mnoštvo suvišnih potreba. Stalno kupujemo nešto novo, bacamo staro … to je uzaludno trošenje života! Kada nešto kupim, kada vi nešto kupite, ne plaćate to novcem. Plaćate ga satima života koje ste morali provesti zarađujući novac. Razlika je u tome što se jedino život ne može kupiti. ”

“ Since we invented the consumer society, our economy must be constantly growing. If it fails to achieve growth, it is a tragedy. We have invented a multitude of superfluous necessities. We are constantly buying something new, throwing away the old... it's a waste of life! When I buy something, when you buy something, you don't pay for it with money. You pay it with hours of life that you had to spend earning money. The difference is that only life cannot be bought. "

Jose Mujica, Former Uruguayan President

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Pozdrav od Anke vragolanke.

Greetings from Anka vregolana!