IKIGAI AND SHIKAKAI
“Count your age by friends, not years; Count your life by smiles, not tears.” - John Lennon - S ome of my heroes did not live long… Jesus Christ, Swami Vivekananda, Martin Luther King Jr., Terry Fox to name a few. But, I did not say, that did not live a meaningful, purposeful and impactful life. Even Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Mother Teresa did not live for a hundred years. But, did they not live a meaningful, purposeful and impactful life? A long life can never be the barometer of a good life. Yes, if a long life comes my way, welcome. But, a meaningful, purposeful and impactful life doesn’t come my way unless I create it around me… M any young kids, these days, rave about a book by the title ‘IKIGAI- The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life’. I said ‘many young kids’, because, I was introduced to this book by my own young son. Post that, I heard...