Journey of Life

Life is full of ebb & flow (ups & downs) where each time being upside is an alarm to be a little alert and braces you for the downside & being downside brings tons of hope & strength. These movements from one extreme to other or oscillating between these extremes is the law of nature and everyone has to go through it. Business tycoon Ratan Tata says, “Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive”. It’s a perpetual journey which offers as well as demands millions of things; however we all cherish the ones which are most coveted & curse the ones which we don’t expect/like.

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!!!