“Take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila”
One should live life
with full vigour and passion. Enjoy every tad moment of life as if it is the
last one of our life. Do things such that when your soul departs to heaven,
people remember you for all your good deeds. Life is too short to waste even a
single moment of it. Don’t feel low when God is playing His game; show Him that
you are a real warrior brave enough to face all snags. Be contended with
whatever Almighty has given you. He knows us the best. He is the one support,
who will always stand by your side, you being unaware of it. He keeps a watch
on all His children. The problems that He brings in our life are just a way to
make us strong enough to survive in this world. But people seem to be quite
unhappy with this law of God. They always want things to be at their best. What
bothers them more is not their life but that of their friends.I have seen people
being jealous of other’s life, their happiness, their wealth, their spouse,
their children, and their intellect. They lack the feeling of self
satisfaction. Success is a peace of mind which is the direct result of knowing
that you did your best to become the best.
Many times I have
seen my friends nagging about problems in their lives. They keep blaming God
for their fate, not content with what He has given them rather always craving
for things missing in their lives. Coveting for a life similar to that of their
friends, comparing their lives with them makes them land up in the conclusion
that they face more troubles. They blame god for their bad fate and always
aspire for a life of a person (may be a friend, colleague or a kith) whom they
don’t even know properly. When things go on a right track in their life they
don’t bother about thanking almighty. But the day wind starts blowing in the
opposite direction, they beg for god’s mercy and when nothing works, curse
their fate.
Unaware of the
person, his troubles, his woes, just by seeing his outward happiness they crave
for that kind of lavish lifestyle. I would site an instance; Think about a
woman with loads of jewelleries, gold, diamonds, she may seem to be the
happiest woman on this earth to a lady who craves for it daily. Unwilling to
face the reality that life is not easy for anyone, that lady tags her with the
“happiest person” tag. But when one actually looks through the mirror of
reality he will realize the peer pressure she feels under the heavy weight of
those jewelleries which according to her may not be more that the heaviest of
stones. The woman with all those jewelleries may long for a simple life like
that of other middle class ladies. She might be yearning for a world where she
can live like a free bird, away from all the worldly sorrows and show off,
portraying herself as what she is, without suppressing her feelings every now
and then, laugh without feeling the pressure exerted by her heart. That
is what life is and one has to live with it.
I have seen many of
my friends facing inferiority complex. The reason may be anything, exam marks,
looks, or the lavish lifestyle of any of their peers, anything. It’s human
nature to think about and crave for things which one doesn’t have rather than
thanking almighty for what he has given. Look around the world and see the
people who lack many things in their life, still enjoy life with full vigor. There
are many who don’t have parents, children or are handicapped but still don’t
let these things hinder their success. I have seen people who even after being
handicapped never make anyone realize their weakness; they don’t depend on
others for help. They are the real heroes. A big salute to all such people. But
there are some who have everything, parent’s love, a happy family and all body
parts intact, still are unhappy. They want even better life. They want a life
like that of one of their friends or family members, unaware of the kinds of
troubles they are facing. They just tag them as the happiest person or family
and want to be like them. But when one actually looks into others’ lifestyle,
he will realize that they may have even more troubles in their life than he
has. There is a small story related this which I have heard somewhere:
One day a man
frustrated with all the problems in his life complained to God about
everything. He cursed his fate, his life and found himself the saddest man in
the whole universe with maximum woes. God, tired of listening to his complaints
told him to tie all his woes in a sac and exchange it with any person whom that
man finds as the happiest person. Man packed the sac and went for exchanging
it. God showed him all the people with their sac full of woes and asked him to
choose any one. The man was surprised to see that his sac was way smaller than
other’s sac. He realized that his perceptions were too wrong, people whom he
used to consider happy were actually sad. He realized his mistake and asked
almighty for forgiveness. God explained him that everyone has difficulties in
life. It’s just the way you handle it, instead of blaming your fate you should
learn from it. You should make yourself strong enough to face such things.
Nobody is perfect.
I still
remember one thing which my father always used to tell me whenever I was sad
“Be happy when things are not going the way they should, because that is the
time when everything might change, wait for a new sun to bring new happiness to
you. Time never remains same for everyone. If your bad days are going on,
that’s a good indication for something better to happen in your life. Similarly
prepare yourself to face the worst times when things are going in the right
direction. That is what life is. If there is night, there has to be dawn. And
this makes it interesting else it would have been monotonous. It’s full of
twists and turns. You are totally unaware of your future; you may win a lucky
draw tomorrow or even loose whatever you have. It keeps testing your patience
and intelligence. The one who faces the difficulties properly passes the
examination with distinction.”
It’s truly said that
“even the biggest knave has some scruples “. This is what life is. No one is
perfect, no one is perfectly happy. Everyone has one or the other sorrow in
life and nothing can fill these voids in their lives. Every single person on
the planet has a story; don’t judge people before you truly know them…truth may
leave you flabbergasted.
With every heart beat
we are moving closer to our graves. Time is fleeting and in this short interval
of time we need to fulfill the purpose of our life. Do things such that people
follow your footprints to reach their goal.
By:-
Chetna Shahi
VIT University Chennai Campus
Guest Author at STIMULUS
