A letter to a friend in distress..
Dear friend
We are all on the journey of life, where every day the sun
sets, to rise again, shines with all its might even if there are clouds
overshadowing it, to set again yet to rise again. The moon shines at Full to
become a No Moon or a No moon gradually becomes a Full Moon again…just in 28
days. Observe a little closely, you would discover many more examples.
What does the mother Nature want us to learn from it? I learn
from it that nothing, absolutely nothing lasts in the state of permanence. Whatever
goes up must come down and whatever comes down must eventually rise again.
We humans are very much part of this very Nature so how is it
possible that we would have all things perfect at all times? By very nature of
life, two opposite facets of all aspects of life are at work together in a
cyclical way. Either it is raining or not, either it is dark or bright, sunny
or cloudy, happy or unhappy, high or low, profit or loss, success or failure.
Is it compulsory to pass all the tests that life throws at you? Is it not human
to err once in a while? Is it possible to be upbeat at all times? Is it
possible to be taking right decision at all times? Is it possible to be making
profits at all times in business? Is it possible to hold on to your confidence
at all times? Is it possible for the sun to never set or moon to be at Full
moon ever?
There are times when things don’t go well and there are times
when they are running at their best. The fact that life has to be perfect at
all times is the biggest reason of unhappiness. Strong people do break, successful people do fail. They just refuse to
give up until they build themselves again. Like sun they do set but to rise
again. You are winner as long as you refuse to fail. So my dear friend…rise
up, take charge, start all over again, you are already there because you chose
to talk, you chose to seek help, you chose to start fresh.
Kudos to you!
P.S.
This letter came out in response to a long conversation with a
friend. Life at times throws at us more than we could handle. Just by being
ears to the friends and family, a lot gets resolved. Sometimes a little
different perspective is all that one needs. And sometimes a volley of questions
helps to find one’s own answers. So here is my volley of questions to my friend
to discover her own answers!
Very true. So important to take all the failures in our stride as well. :)
ReplyDeleteDear anonymous, you are absolutely correct when you say so. Actually more than our successes, our slips, our falls, our failures are to be take in stride.
ReplyDeleteThe focus today is so much on celebrating achievements and success that we tend to overlook the fact that any achievement or success has had its own shares of slips and falls. We teach so much to be successful that we forget to build the strength to cope up with the times when the things are not going great.
Thank you for your opinion.