Your Mentors In Life

We all need mentors to guide us through the often challenging journey of life. Mentors come in the form of your parents, teachers, authors, religious leaders and even friends. If you were born with wise parents then you are one of the luckier one. And if you couldn’t find role models in your parents or teachers then you could read books written by authors that you admire and respect.

For me I always listen to downloaded lectures by Ajahn Brahm whenever I face challenges in my life. In fact I’m listening to it right now on “Dealing with Emotions” as this is the part that I find most difficult to manage most of the time. Our emotions can run wild sometimes and trigger uneasiness, insecurity and even fear within us.

When you have mentors you won’t feel lost as you know that you will always have guidance whenever you face any adversity that is thrown upon you. That is one of the reasons why religious people are often more calm, peaceful and able to handle their problems easily. This is because they know that they have something to fall back upon whenever they feel that life is giving up on them.

By having mentors, we don’t put all the loads onto our shoulders alone as we can share some of the load emotionally with our mentors. It is as if they are guiding us through the murky waters of life. That way we feel more confident to solve problems ourselves.

It is important to have role models in life. If you can’t find it from among the people around you, then at least you should try to find them from books.

Don’t let your ship of life to sail without a captain.