You may follow any profession, but if you have a hobby, your life becomes meaningful. Reading, listening to music, watching movies, philately, talking with friends, solving mathematical puzzles are some of the hobbies. The three Rs of education are Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.
Reading is a very useful pastime. A book is your immortal friend. Books can be of many varieties. Fiction, poetry, drama, biography, science fiction, do-it-yourself guides, and scriptures are some of the classifications of books. A humorous author like P.G. Wodehouse is a gift to humanity. His character butler Jeeves was one of the lifelong companions of older generations.
The religious scriptures give a direction to our life. Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bible, Koran, Life of Gautam Buddha, Vardhmaan Mahaveer’s life, and thoughts of Confucius are fountains of inspiration for all types of people. Bhagavad Gita, a part of Mahabharata, has influenced many generations. This book of 700 verses tells the story of how Arjuna, dejected on seeing his close relatives on the battlefield, is inspired by Shri Krishna’s advice or Gitopadesh to fight and win the Mahabharata war. The dialogues of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle influence mankind even today.
Listening to music can be a very happy pastime. Music can be light or classical. It can be instrumental or vocal. If you can enjoy music, there is no limit as modern science opened floodgates for music lovers. Film music is a universally appealing phenomenon.
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Watching movies in theatres or on TV channels or mobile phones can be a very interesting hobby. Philately is the collection of postage stamps. In this century, mobile phones have replaced letter writing. But there are still people who love to collect postage stamps. Used, that is post-marked or unmarked stamps, give us a glimpse of cultural life of a particular country that has issued the stamp. There are about 200 nations today that issue postage stamps of different denominations.
Science fiction is a comparatively new field. But it has opened a new vista for lovers of reading. This universe is expanding as black holes swallow the tiny astronomical objects, new stars are born.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. So talking with friends is a pastime of quite a few people. It can be called gossip. But gossip too fills the gap of boredom in life.
These are only a fraction of hobbies. Adventure in many forms from rock climbing to surfing can make your life amazing and challenging. One can choose a hobby at any given point of time. So have a hobby and make your life meaningful and worthwhile.
