It is in your darkest hours that you are able to see
clearly. This is when you truly understand your Life’s purpose and learn to
live intelligently. So when it is dark, don’t despair. It is in the darkness of
the night that you can see the stars!
No one loves darkness. Because we are all scared of the
dark. As children we hesitated to enter dark rooms without an adult to help us
turn on the light. Similarly, when sometimes Life does turn dark, with no light
to guide us, no way forward that’s visible, we are overcome by fear. We start
imagining that the worst is about to happen to us. That it is all over. We hate
such situations don’t we?
But try loving a dark phase in Life than hating it and you
will find it an extremely rewarding experience. When the chips as down and you
are pushed by Life to a corner, if you actually pause to reflect, you will find
a lot to learn from the situation. Ask yourself:
- What did I do or not do that has led me to where I find myself now?
- What can I learn from this experience?
- What must I do to change the situation and get out of the mess I find myself in?
These questions are not the only ones. But they begin a
process of internal inquiry. You may not also instantly find the answers. But
asking these soul-searching questions can beat depression for sure.
Remember: your greatest gifts in Life come disguised as your
worst nightmares. Let me not tell you any story here. Be guided by your own
Life’s experiences. Think
of all the times in your Life that you have hated whatever was happening with you.
Think of your evolution since. Haven't you found opportunities that you have
benefited from ONLY because of the fact that you were in the throes of those
crises?
The
truth is that but for a setback, we never look for newer ways of surviving,
working and, therefore, succeeding. Much of our intellect comes from knowledge
acquired in University classrooms, but all our wisdom, which is understanding
the meaning of all that knowledge, comes ONLY from the experience we go through
in the classroom called Life!
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