Light at the end of the tunnel
When
I am writing this blog, personally I am in the dark tunnel of my life and I am
search of that light which will tell me that the tunnel is ending. We all go
through a phase where everything is just not right and things are going bad. In
my case, I am going through bad health problems, career is in danger, missing out
on my passion and my most prized possession is destroyed. And now I am
wondering what else can go bad? What is a thing in my life which is in danger
now?
I am writing this blog, personally I am in the dark tunnel of my life and I am
search of that light which will tell me that the tunnel is ending. We all go
through a phase where everything is just not right and things are going bad. In
my case, I am going through bad health problems, career is in danger, missing out
on my passion and my most prized possession is destroyed. And now I am
wondering what else can go bad? What is a thing in my life which is in danger
now?
In such
phase the one question we ask everyone, even god is ‘Why me?’ and I asked the
same question. Normally I have answer to my own question but this time I am
clueless. I asked this question and then I looked around and I realised, it’s
not only me who is asking that question. Many of us are bound to be in this
tunnel and we wonder why me? Everyone of us experience a down side in life, a
person sitting at home jobless for 9 months, a person is looking for partner
for marriage and unable to find since 5 years, a person trying to conceive a baby
and unable to do that, a person lost loved one at young age, the list is
endless. The suffering of a people is endless. People say that when you are
down, look at the others and realise how blessed you are. If you lost your
phone, look at the person who can’t afford one. Something on the lines of ‘I
cried for a pair of shoes till that time I saw a person without legs’.
phase the one question we ask everyone, even god is ‘Why me?’ and I asked the
same question. Normally I have answer to my own question but this time I am
clueless. I asked this question and then I looked around and I realised, it’s
not only me who is asking that question. Many of us are bound to be in this
tunnel and we wonder why me? Everyone of us experience a down side in life, a
person sitting at home jobless for 9 months, a person is looking for partner
for marriage and unable to find since 5 years, a person trying to conceive a baby
and unable to do that, a person lost loved one at young age, the list is
endless. The suffering of a people is endless. People say that when you are
down, look at the others and realise how blessed you are. If you lost your
phone, look at the person who can’t afford one. Something on the lines of ‘I
cried for a pair of shoes till that time I saw a person without legs’.
All said
and done, I still can’t stop wondering – what makes a person in this dark
tunnel wake up the next day and continue with their life? Where and how they
find a light in this dark tunnel? What is their survival strategy? Generally I
come up with answer but with this blog, I, myself is looking for that answer. What
is it that can give you perseverance? What is it that gives you rays of hope? What
is it that makes you calm and face the problem?
and done, I still can’t stop wondering – what makes a person in this dark
tunnel wake up the next day and continue with their life? Where and how they
find a light in this dark tunnel? What is their survival strategy? Generally I
come up with answer but with this blog, I, myself is looking for that answer. What
is it that can give you perseverance? What is it that gives you rays of hope? What
is it that makes you calm and face the problem?
I won’t
find answer if I keep on looking for answer and stop walking in the tunnel. All
I can think of doing is take one step at a time. Even if it’s dark, standing at
a point is not going to help me. Even if it’s dark waiting for something is not
going to help me. Maybe the answer is not I am looking for. Maybe I am looking
for is that light. Maybe I am looking for is hint of hope, faith and belief. Maybe
I am looking for is a comfort zone where I can start improving my life. When I
see other people living their life in the dark tunnel, all I see is survival. We
have grown from ape to human because of survival. And that is what keeping us
going every day. That survival instinct is one of the ways to that light. If we
don’t want to survive, we will suffocate ourselves to death. That urge of
living through the dark days will show us the light.
find answer if I keep on looking for answer and stop walking in the tunnel. All
I can think of doing is take one step at a time. Even if it’s dark, standing at
a point is not going to help me. Even if it’s dark waiting for something is not
going to help me. Maybe the answer is not I am looking for. Maybe I am looking
for is that light. Maybe I am looking for is hint of hope, faith and belief. Maybe
I am looking for is a comfort zone where I can start improving my life. When I
see other people living their life in the dark tunnel, all I see is survival. We
have grown from ape to human because of survival. And that is what keeping us
going every day. That survival instinct is one of the ways to that light. If we
don’t want to survive, we will suffocate ourselves to death. That urge of
living through the dark days will show us the light.
Survivalis not the only the answer. Search of something which defines us is. Search of one’s
self, search of success and most important search of happiness is our key to the
light. Things may go bad to worse, but it’s our search for happiness and
survival will help us fight one day at a time. Everything may not be good at
once, but take one day at a time and make it better in any way possible. Dark tunnel
can be longest or shortest; it’s our journey inside them counts. When we come
out of the tunnel, we will surely be the different person from the person who
entered the tunnel.
Growth of our life is directly and indirectly
related to the growth of our mind. Growth of mind is by exploring, reading,
observing and experiencing.
related to the growth of our mind. Growth of mind is by exploring, reading,
observing and experiencing.
A quote to help us fight each day; “What may look
like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to
be willing to take a step forward” – Daisaku Ikeda
