Dear friends,
I am writing a diary after a long time. Have been through some ups and downs physically and mentally, but then no time remains forever. It is said that both good and bad times come and go away. Nothing is permanent in life. I very well agree to that and believe that it is the turbulent time that really opens your eyes and tests you to the core. In these times you realize and use your true ability, strength and fortitude that are lying within you. You also recognize who are your true friends, relatives and well wishers. I too have experienced the same but I seldom have any complaints or a regret regarding it because I believe a man, a real man has to fight out all odds in his life alone without any expectations from others or without any help of anyone. God has given every individual the power to fight it out, whether a man awakens this power from within is a different proposition though. I have always believed in God and am of the belief that every man has to pass different phases either good or bad according to his past and present karmas.
I have always prayed to God and have thanked him throughout my life. It is very well quoted that “Prayer is not a spare wheel that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a steering wheel that directs the right path throughout”. In turbulent times I have never asked for his mercy because I know that one has to bear the consequences according to his karmas. However in such times I have gently urged him to give me the strength to bear and pass through the bad phase. In a way, the bad times teach you a lot. Sometimes it breaks many of your beliefs in context of the relations that you share with people. Only a few emerge as your true well wishers which are quite evident in such times. Sometimes I have seen that people show false affections and keep relations according to their own convenience and wish and I being a very emotional person (or an emotional fool, eh?) do trust such people blindly and try to sincerely establish and enhance such relationships, but in many cases after some time I realize that I am making a fool of myself and hence from now onwards, I have decided to be very choosy regarding enhancing relations to a greater degree with such people. I have found out that many of my so called friends and relatives have just turned out to be egoistic souls (scratch my back and I scratch yours type) and nothing else.
Sometimes, the ones who till now I thought were my real friends and well wishers, they turned out to be exactly the opposite. Well no regrets about it as at least I came to know the truth. In life the quantity of friends is not important, but quality does matter and I have already learnt this important lesson, thanks to the bad phase that I passed through and hence I have gained a bit from the bad phase too, isn’t it? Aah, the optimism :-0)
I believe It is only you who has to sing your song of life alone, dance your dance and write the script of your life. Don’t expect anything from anyone. If you do so then it will turn out to be an illusion which will hurt you in the long run. Be prepared and act wisely on your own. A man has the power within to change his destiny.Rabindranath Tagore had beautifully said "You the hammer, you the stone, you the chisel, you the sculptor. Life is what you make it.
However I am happy that I have found a few very good friends who have stood by me in my bad times and are in constant touch. I will always remain indebted and grateful to all of them.
I will end my post with a great quote "Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles from above and says, relax sweetheart ,it's just a bend and not the end"
Peace, tranquility and equality to all.
