Today as I sat down with my morning cup of coffee, suddenly I realised how we felt yesterday does not bother your present. Trust me, yesterday I was all broken, felt like nothing was going right, everything was falling apart, and the whole day was spent like that. But today it’s a bit different. I’m more energetic, I have things I want to finish today, or maybe it’s because of the weather. The weather is killing, early in the morning you will see the sun shining so bright. Not that I don’t like sunshine mornings, but I am more of a gloomy-day kind. I don’t know, but gloomy days bring more energy in me. I know it’s hard to believe, but that’s how my body works.
So today over a cup of coffee I just realised that if we want to be happy or contented with our life, we have to really start appreciating what we have. I know this is not rocket science, this thing you hear from everyone, “appreciate what you have”. You remember how the parents (or most of the parents) always told us that “when we were of your age we had no facilities like this”, or “we have walked miles to go to school”, and so on. Believe me, guys, every parent has used this phrase. I’m not saying they are lying or just fooling us. Trust me, I appreciate what they have done for us and I believe they have gone the extra mile for their kids even when they could have said ‘no’. Not just me, almost every child appreciates what parents have done for him or her, but we are just a bit shy to tell them we love them and want to do anything for them.
Patience is the key
However, sometimes the waves are just against your ship and the ship is not even in your control. What to do then? Most people will say, “Have patience, it will soon work out for you”, and I believe one should have patience. But is it really that easy to have such patience?
When things are going south, nothing is working out, you are running out of money, family pressure, aaah! Trust me, you feel like shouting, you want to shout, shout at anything or at anyone without even thinking about the repercussions. And then the final nail. You went to Facebook to distract yourself, and boom! your friend is getting married or getting engaged or going on a vacation, posting all kinds of pictures, looking happy, enjoying. And we start to feel why we don’t have such good times. Trust me, it’s hard.
But is that real life? Do you really think real life is a vacation? No, right. Stop feeling bad for yourself. I believe in this, and trust me, it comes out true for me always.
If you are having a bad day or time today, then definitely tomorrow will be good. If you are having a tough year, next year will definitely be prosperous for you. So do well what comes today. If you’re having the worst day, think about the next day, which will be better. I do believe hard work is the key to success, but I also believe that believing that a good time will come soon leads you to success faster.
I also don’t have a perfect life. I have my own doubts, my problems, my fears, my responsibilities, my anxieties, my fear of losing out on people and also the fear of missing out. So everyone has his or her own baggage, but it is important to loosen the baggage a little. A small girl weighing 30 kg cannot carry a bag of 30 kg. Likewise, we should also know what are the things we really want to carry, or can carry. If we start worrying about all the things, we won’t be able to conquer even one thing.
So do not worry much about life, worry only about things that are in your control. We are not gods, we donot have control over everything. So let’s just be humans and do the best we can today. And soon you will also be posting your vacation or happy picture on Facebook only if you want it.
No amount of pictures can actually measure the happiness; it is what you think that is happiness. For me it’s what Poh says in Kung Fu Panda: ‘Inner Peace’.
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