Boring Bicycle, Interesting Ride

I go to the post office every day riding a bicycle. I work there as the branch postmaster. It is in Ratanpur village in West Bengal.
It is about 11kms from my location where I am renting a room. It takes me around 40-45 minutes to get there.
Initially, I felt bored as everyone surpassed me on their motorcycle. And I am going slow, always behind.
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Then one day, it so happened that during this slow journey, I just chanted the holy name. Every time my mind wandered into some depressing thought, I would tell it ‘you will be entertained later, but now is the time to chant’. I would focus my vision on the few meters ahead on the road and chant the holy name (being in the village, there is not much traffic).

Amazingly, my slow, long & boring journey becomes so engrossing and beautiful that it seems very fast to reach my destination.
I realized that Holy names have the amazing power to turn each and every journey into a memorable and happy one.

One day, I thought I would chant X number of times. But I couldn’t focus, and I reached my workplace. I was a bit disappointed that day. This was when  I was planning to do sadhana (maybe just chanting or learning Hatha yoga).

I have passed 23 years of my life. I fear that, just like my bicycle journey, my life journey will also come to an end suddenly, leaving me unfulfilled.

I realized that by trying to make all life components like money, and relationships PERFECT, I had deluded myself. If I just do my practice, I certainly feel fulfilled in whatever situation I am in.

I think God is always guiding us. We just need to be calm and focus on listening to his advice.
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Jai Sri Krishna
Jai Guru deva
Namo parvati pate har har mahadev