Sleeping more than usual during the daytime in the weekend and not sleeping well in the night on many days, I understand the devastating consequences of this disturbed, inadequate but more shallow sleep. I read more about this in a recent article too. There are many things which we fail to do when needs to resolved at the earliest. People go through life wondering what we are supposed to do when it is always right in front of them. But they do not normally do unless that particular defining moment comes. If they are strong willed individuals, they defy fate and take proactive decisions.
Sometimes bad things happen even when you do every thing right. Long ago I read that when a child lost her mother, she was told that God did not take her mother but only received her. “If God knew if she was going to be sick, why did not he make her better? Why pray at all if people are just going to die any way? Why do so many good people have to die?” someone asked seeing and sensing the young child’s loss. You will never find answers for these questions. You have to let go of the idea that everyone is going to live because the crude fact is people would die one day. That is the only certainty in life. We apply everything we know to help people suffering but after that we have to let things go. “No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently” says Agnes De Mille.
Like every man I also think that I should have done more things academically but the fact is many of us fail to do those things at right time and I guess there is reason for everything.So instead of getting displeased or disappointed , we have to handle the pressures very well and keep the frustration to ourselves without transmitting to others. We should only do what we are good at. I know, I will never be as strong as my father and mother but the real consolation is that their genes, combined with the grace of wise providence will help me in good stead to tread on the right path. One has to trust oneself and march on seeing some positive benefits in each act of adversity.
C.S.Lewis says, “We do not meet ordinary people in our lives.” The whole system has been structured in such a way that the infinite labor of many, inclusive of their emotional warmth, condition our life and add more beauty and color to it.
Sometimes bad things happen even when you do every thing right. Long ago I read that when a child lost her mother, she was told that God did not take her mother but only received her. “If God knew if she was going to be sick, why did not he make her better? Why pray at all if people are just going to die any way? Why do so many good people have to die?” someone asked seeing and sensing the young child’s loss. You will never find answers for these questions. You have to let go of the idea that everyone is going to live because the crude fact is people would die one day. That is the only certainty in life. We apply everything we know to help people suffering but after that we have to let things go. “No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently” says Agnes De Mille.
Like every man I also think that I should have done more things academically but the fact is many of us fail to do those things at right time and I guess there is reason for everything.So instead of getting displeased or disappointed , we have to handle the pressures very well and keep the frustration to ourselves without transmitting to others. We should only do what we are good at. I know, I will never be as strong as my father and mother but the real consolation is that their genes, combined with the grace of wise providence will help me in good stead to tread on the right path. One has to trust oneself and march on seeing some positive benefits in each act of adversity.
C.S.Lewis says, “We do not meet ordinary people in our lives.” The whole system has been structured in such a way that the infinite labor of many, inclusive of their emotional warmth, condition our life and add more beauty and color to it.
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Again another beautiful post. Adversity and the resultant frustration tends to undervalue all the good done and often become bigger than the original obstacle. Thanks for the insight.
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