It is okay sometimes in Life to find
yourself lonely – and alone!
It is perfectly normal to find yourself, from time
to time, in a situation where everything that you dreamed of, everything that
you stood for, every value and principle you held on to and practiced
diligently, lies shattered, taken away from you and every evidence seems to
point that you have been so naive and are on the wrong path, while the whole
world seems to be making merry progressing in a different direction. It is okay
to find yourself alone. In such a situation, what you need to be doing is
surveying what’s left of your Life – focusing on what you have than brooding
over what isn’t there. Remember not to focus on what’s not with you anymore but
to look at what you still have.
Of the pieces, or threads, that are still with you,
pick one that is very dear to you. Maybe your dream. While all your efforts
thus far may have been run aground, nobody can take your dream away from you.
Even if the world does not value you for the principles you follow, you still
are who you are. Nobody can change who you are and what you believe in. Not
even you. So, your values and principles are still intact. There may be other threads__someone
out there who still believes in you, a glimmer of light that shows the way
ahead. As you emerge from surveying what you are left with, resolve anew to
pursue. Focus on the smaller, beautiful (the ones you love) pieces than on all your
problems at the same time. You have air in your lungs, you have your values
intact, your dream’s still in you__these are good enough to reboot your Life’s journey.
There’s a beautiful line in Hindi literature that
says, “Doobte hue ko bas tinke ki
zaroorat hoti hai”, which means, “The one who's drowning, just needs a
straw, a reeper, to cling on to”. A friend’s facebook status yesterday read as
follows: “Haiku of the morning__Dad passed away. Feels like the roof over our
head’s blown off. But the sunrise is brilliant.” That’s what a reboot is all
about – summoning the right attitude to move on…
Look out the window. There's a beautiful sun rising
for you. (Or surely, in a while). Just for you. Perhaps, it is time for you to stop mourning,
stop moaning and start living?
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