The Essence of Human Life

The essence of human life is that it is a heterogenous mixture of happy, sweet, fulfilling, thrilling, sad, testing, challenging, tough, perplexing, tense, stimulating, exciting, tough moments or phases. And what is more important is the fact that the composition of these different kinds of moments or phases in one's life depends as much on one's individual perceptions, perspectives, outlook, attitude, beliefs, convictions and priorities, as on circumstances beyond one's control. There is thus a considerable, repeat considerable, degree of control which one can exercise on one's life.