22 May 2026 • Spirituality • My Story • Lifestyle

The question Why do I leave things in between? is one that has often haunted my quiet hours. I have found myself surrounded by half-finished projects and abandoned ideas, feeling the heavy weight of boredom. Like many, I have been prone to walking away from my work just because it requires the most of me. But recently, I have begun to view this habit through a different lens – the lens of nature and its selfless devotion I observe around me.

I looked at the world and realised that true life is woven with a thread of continuity. A mother never tires of nurturing her baby, her care is like a river that does not dry up even when she is exhausted. Trees never get tired of releasing oxygen into the environment, and the air never stops moving to sustain us. The sun never pauses its radiance, and the Earth does not halt its spin because it has bored with the view of the stars.

What’s even more eye-opening is my own physical existence. My heart beats, my blood flows, and my lungs expand without my conscious effort. My body is a masterpiece of persistence that never leaves things in between. Why then, I asked myself, does my mind stray from this endless rhythm?

I recognised that my tendency to quit is a symptom of the egocentric mind, which seeks novelty over duty. As Krishna says in the Gita, Niyatam kuru karma tvam, karma jyayo hyakarmanah….Perform your obligatory duty, for action is far better than inaction. This taught me that my work is not just a choice, but a spiritual necessity. When I leave a task unfinished, I am choosing a form of inaction that stagnates my spirit.

I have now come to see that boredom is not a sign to retreat, but a signal to dig deeper. As Swami Vivekananda famously said, “Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached.” This is a direct command to my consciousness, a reminder that my heart must not pause. I am training my mind to mirror the world I inhabit. If the trees do not stop breathing for me, and my heart does not stop beating for me, I should not stop for my fleeting moods.

By aligning my daily efforts with the rhythmic energy of the universe, I no longer view “leaving things in between” as a burden instead, I see each moment as a vast blank canvas where my work is the primary stroke of light.