We all forget to
understand the most simplest thing i.e. a day is incomplete & has no charm
unless night cast its shadow on it, sweet has no sweetness unless there is an
element of pungency, happiness can’t bring smile unless someone has gone
through sorrows, rainy season is most awaited for those who are reeling under
drought & so on. Similarly, in real life, we should not get complacent with
one big achievement/small series of achievements or depressed &
disillusioned with one big failure/small series of failures. We are the control
owners of different emotions within us and how a particular incident affects us
completely depends on us. Society may murmur about our achievements/failures,
but how we interpret it is completely on our thought process & not the
society. The maturity of an individual is gauged as to how an individual has
handled his/her achievement & how he/she has bounced back after failure/s.
The most
interesting aspect of life is that the downside for one person may be upside
for others and vice versa. If a person is earning “x” amount which makes him
happy, the same amount can be trivial for another person which makes him
unhappy; a particular scenario at workplace may be an exciting event for few
but can be annoying for others; an item can be fancy & swanky for someone
but meagre for others; a destination/venue can be enthralling for someone but
super boring for others. We always feel that life of others is better than us
but we always forget that we are also others for someone else. The moral of the
story is even if you are going through something which is little unpleasant
& unexpected be mindful of the fact that the same unpleasant scenario can
be quite normal for someone else and secondly nothing is permanent in life. On
your downside, life gives you enough courage to deal with the situation and
during upside, it gives ample opportunities to handle your success/achievement.
Philosophers say
no event/incident in a life is so big (pleasantly/ unpleasantly) which will
bring the world to an end. I have personally seen so many people close/known to
me who were nowhere at some point of time and today they are used as an example
& on contrary there have been few who had reached to stratospheric heights
in their life but today they are grappling even for their survival. It again
boils down the fact that we have to tune our mind in a way whereby we are not
completely carried away with the happening/not happening of any incident. If we
are doing well then it calls for keeping our eyes wide open to sense &
handle any unforeseen event & if we are struggling in our
personal/professional life, always be hopeful and look for the bright light at
the end of the gloomy tunnel which sometimes is not visible with the naked
eyes. Normally this bright light is not visible due to our strong and dangerous
emotions within us i.e. anger, pessimism, ego, jealousy, arrogance etc.
If I just talk
about my professional journey, I have experienced the golden period where every
single moment was super rewarding, overwhelming & exciting. I couldn’t even
image of a scenario which can ever bring me down but just after that I have
gone through the worst which was even lower than the ground level. It lasted
for a prolonged period & tested me million times but for some reason I was
hopeful & patient & soon after that I regained whatever I had lost. So
sometimes lower points in life is like a trampoline which will take you much
higher than the base level but that’s only possible when you experience low in
equal proportion to your highs. Always keep in your mind that life offers you
reconciliation where every moment might not be perfect but it will always be reconciled
with other moment/s. If it’s a very bad day at work, it may tend to be one of
the best day at home & vice versa.
Let’s embrace
this journey the way it’s destined for us without making any comparison with
someone where we might perceive few things the way it’s projected to us but not
the way it is in real. Even if it is real it’s destined for someone else and
there is no point of drooling over it. The journey of each one of us is unique
& customized so let’s accept it and strut as if we are the king of our
fortune & not the slaves!!!
