It’s been a
year now that I have been writing the posts on this blog. I thank all of you
with all my heart for the time spent in reading it, as time, we know has become
a very expensive commodity today.
I had loved
to write on this blog, as in the process of writing, I came to know about facts
which I myself didn’t know about. And each time I wrote about any issue, it
made me feel even more strongly about doing something more to help resolve it.
Although it’s
been wonderful to research on charities and select a charity of the month, I
feel that I need to be even more connected with the cause I am involved with and
work longer than a month one one cause to have a more sustained result. For this reason, I
will be ending my blog this month.
Have I
decided what I am going to do next? No. But hopefully my mind will figure it
out. After all, the idea of this blog also came from my mind.
Mind! What
an amazing thing! The whole world makes sense only through what our mind thinks
of it. Hence someone has rightly said, “My world is in my mind.”
Human mind
has achieved nothing less than miracles when you think of all the inventions
and discoveries in literary every sector of the world.
We can see
and talk to people from the other end of the world and can even fly around our planet,
only through technologies created by great minds. We have found the cures for
many critical diseases, created exotic pieces of art and structures, all only
by putting our minds into it. From the time we wake up to the time we go back
to bed, we can do nothing without first creating a thought (either consciously
or subconsciously) about it in our minds.
As powerful
a gift as it is to humanity, all great scriptures of our world tell us that
“Mind is a great servant but a terrible master” and advice us to always be on
guard of the thoughts we create.
So what happens when we lose control and let
our minds take charge? It then becomes a monster making us helpless and out of
control and leading us to our own misery. The doctors define these conditions
as “Mental health diseases”.
Mental health problems include a wide range of illnesses
like depression, anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, schizophrenia,
psychosis, stress and bipolar disorder. Some problems may be quite mild or
moderate, while others may take on a more severe form, affecting a person’s
ability to cope with day-to-day living and maintain any personal relationships.
All a person needs in
these type of situations is to speak to somebody who understands them and not judge
them and give them a hand to come out of the mental trap and take back
control, because only when we are in full control of our minds, we are truly happy!
This month I would like to donate to the charity “Mind – For
Better Mental Health”. This is a charity in the UK which offers diagnostics and
treatment for the different mental health diseases, has a helpline where people can call
for advice and various other services to improve mental health.
Link to the charity website
Link to the online donation link
