Leave Your Baggage, Live Your Present

 Leave Your Baggage, Live Your Present

Neither deprive your family time worrying about workplace problems, nor deprive your workplace time worrying about family problems. Doing either is a gross injustice to both sides of your life. A worried mind loses focus, and when focus is lost, productivity is lost. Being productive in the family adds value to relationships, and being productive in the workplace does justice to your salary. Once you start depriving both sides, you make no sense to your family members nor to your colleagues.

Though you know this fact, you still witness yourself trapped in such situations. Unless you realise the importance of playing your roles effectively, your productivity remains questionable.

You have potential, but due to emotional baggage, your mind becomes full rather than mindful. Your actions don't just impact you; they also affect others and the environment, making both the family and the workplace stressful. The only way out is this: once you step into your workplace, you are your designation, and it is your role to play—nothing more. Once you are home, you have no designations; you have the role of a family member to play effectively.

Once you draw this line, you will learn to enjoy the most valuable gift called the present. Those who live in the present see every second as a gift, and those around them are gifted with the presence of someone whose discussions are more productive and progressive.

Remember, by leaving your baggage behind, you are living in the present.

M.L. Narendra Kumar