Look At The Good - Always

"Yogesh, don't you think pharma companies are bad? Don't you think big pharma is bad?"

This is what someone asked me recently.

But is it bad? Are pharma companies bad? Is anything really bad?

Think about it. Life expectancy has gone up. Pharma companies have created medicines that heal diseases that used to take lives a few hundred years ago.

Today when you have a toothache, what do you do? You go to the dentist, and the dentist uses all sorts of tools and medicines to heal you. Imagine a few hundred years ago, when there was no anesthesia or medicine. Going to the dentist was as good as going to a torture chamber.

Advanced in medicine and pharma have helped billions of people.

So isn't it good we have pharma companies?

A dog bite from a dog that had rabies a few hundred years meant instant death. Today thanks to Pharma companies we have a vaccine that saves millions of lives.

Yes, some of the things a few people there might have done that isn't all good. But can you blame everyone working there?

I always have looked for the good. Because I believe deep down everyone wants to do good.

The ancient Taoists in China, always said you get what you focus on. If you focus on the good, you get good. So why not focus on the good?

Why not see the good in everyone?

Because when you see the good, they too react in a similar way. You are giving energy to the good.

When I meet someone, I try to always look for the good in them. And because I am searching and looking for the good, that part of them becomes alive with me.

Remember, Valmiki, he was a criminal. But he was able to change. Someone inspired him to look at the good, to look for something greater, and he changed completely.

He ended up sharing the Ramayana with all of us.

The next time you are tempted to look at the bad in someone. Simply pause, and ask, "What's good in this person?" or "What's good in this situation?"

At work specially, people are quick to judge. They don't get along with their boss or colleagues.

Instead, search for what is good in them. As you search for what is good, you will realize your behavior changing towards them.

And as your behavior changes, they too will react differently.

Animals can sense this too. Humans too can.

If you love a dog, and go near it, the most ferocious dog will respond lovingly.

Try it out. Look at a dog or cat lovingly, without even saying a word. They will come near you. The dog will wag his tail. The cat will come and rub herself against you. Because they can sense your love.

On the other hand if you have fear or hate within you, the most loving or docile dog will start barking at you. Because they sense your fear or anger.

Bees, birds, snakes and even lions have this sort of inner intuition.

Humans have it too. You can immediately sense if someone is thinking something good about you. If someone wants to help you. If someone has your best interest in mind.

When you start looking at the good, you will automatically become more receptive to growth and new opportunities.

You will feel at peace. You will realize the entire universe is connected.

We are all connected at a deeper level. Our thoughts, ideas and feeling can be transmuted without words.

Yogesh Chabria

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