Allow the World to Live as it Chooses, and Allow Yourself to Live as You Choose!

“Illusions” by Richard Bach is one of the best books I have ever read. It has something in it that makes me believe each one of its words. Every sentence seems to carry its own aura that makes it plausible to feel lost in it. Every single thing that Bach says in this book seems to be so practical and at times, it feels as if I already knew this and yet was not following it. For instance, this – allow the world to live as it chooses. How many times, I have made myself understand that I cannot change anybody but myself. I cannot make the world what I want to see, I cannot ask people to behave in the way I want them to. Changing someone is not just impossible but an incorrect perception too. Why is it that we want to change others? Because changing our own selves sounds more difficult. Asking for others to change is a more convenient and easier option and when they do not change, we can easily blame them. This is why we do not let the world to live as it chooses, which consequently leads to the fact that we do not allow ourselves to live as we choose.

To get freedom, one has to give it too. If you do not let others free of your perception, even others won't. Unless you are untouched by what others do, others will interfere in what you do. The only way to free yourself from the chains of society is to free others of your chains. If you are expecting others to follow your shoes, they will be expecting the same. However, if you do not expect anybody to behave in a rigid manner then you are free to do whatever you choose. It is a give and take relationship. To get a smile, you have to give one. Similarly to get freedom, you will have to provide the same. This is the only way how you can allow the world to live as it chooses and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Keep in mind that the world is full of different people and no two are same. What kind of world it would have been if everybody would have been your copy? Would you ever love your friend if you could find nothing in him but your own reflection? It is the different personalities that attract us throughout our lives. It is the way the world is. God would have been very happy to make duplicate copies of one person but He is damn intelligent to have made such a trivial mistake. This is why He took all the pains to create different individuals with different personalities. The world is like a fruit market – you cannot love one fruit forever in your life. To add spice to your life, you need to taste the different fruits and enjoy to the fullest. Similarly, you will meet thousands of people in your life time – try and analyze each one of them and see if there is one single person who does not have a single thing to offer!