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Dare to Live or Settle to Exist?
Dr.Vijayalakshmi Aluri, Winner of World Bank’s Projects competition, Author, Health Educator, Social worker and Gynecologist, Sri Sri Holistic Multi specialty Hospitals, Hyderabad.
“Who is the happier man — he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
— Hunter S. Thompson
There comes a time in life when you pause and ask yourself, “Is this really living… or am I just going through the motions?”
This blog isn’t just about that question. It’s about one man who dared to answer it — and what we all can learn from his story.
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The Man Who Had It All — On Paper
Meet Narendra. A 42-year-old bank manager. Disciplined. Dependable. Well-paid. He lived in a tidy apartment, paid his taxes, followed his routine. Breakfast at 8. Commute at 9. Excel sheets and meetings till 6. Dinner by 8. TV by 9.
Solid life. On the outside.
But inside? Silence. A quiet, gnawing restlessness.
Every day, Narendra sat in front of his laptop and wondered, Is this it?