Isn't this whole life nothing but a large accumulation of small defeats? At least for most people it must be so. But, as always, there must be a group, always the lucky ones, for whom defeat is unknown. But what beauty does the victories in life possess, if a defeat has never been experienced?
"Life is what we make of it" is something that everyone must have heard several times in their life. But my question is, are we single-handedly responsible for the mishaps of our life? Are the people around us and the society as a whole not responsible at all? I am really not so sure about it.
Once I asked a friend of mine why things were so bad in my life all the time. He just smiled at me, like a father would at his daughter, and asked me whether I was doing my bets to make things right. When I told him that I was trying really hard and thinking about nothing else, he asked me to stop trying. He said that some things are best left alone, to be sorted out by God.
Since I don't believe in depending on God only when I am having a breakdown, and since I felt that He must be busy dealing with all the bigger problems in the world, I just could not accept my friend's advice. But, as time has always proved him right, and because I did not want to hurt him, I stopped trying to get things right. I started moving with the flow,accepting everything with open arms.
What came my way was not always the best, failure was as frequent as victory.Though it felt bad to lose, I decided to enjoy the better things in life, though not possible all the time. But, it felt good, knowing there is always a next time, never blaming myself for all the bad things, and feeling glad about all the things I had achieved.
Today, in the balance of like, my failures outweigh my victories. But it is hard to believe that I have been defeated so many times, by the same people, the ones I loved and trusted. That's the beauty of life, even the large pile of defeats make you smile because you are the reason why someone else won.
"Life is what we make of it" is something that everyone must have heard several times in their life. But my question is, are we single-handedly responsible for the mishaps of our life? Are the people around us and the society as a whole not responsible at all? I am really not so sure about it.
Once I asked a friend of mine why things were so bad in my life all the time. He just smiled at me, like a father would at his daughter, and asked me whether I was doing my bets to make things right. When I told him that I was trying really hard and thinking about nothing else, he asked me to stop trying. He said that some things are best left alone, to be sorted out by God.
Since I don't believe in depending on God only when I am having a breakdown, and since I felt that He must be busy dealing with all the bigger problems in the world, I just could not accept my friend's advice. But, as time has always proved him right, and because I did not want to hurt him, I stopped trying to get things right. I started moving with the flow,accepting everything with open arms.
What came my way was not always the best, failure was as frequent as victory.Though it felt bad to lose, I decided to enjoy the better things in life, though not possible all the time. But, it felt good, knowing there is always a next time, never blaming myself for all the bad things, and feeling glad about all the things I had achieved.
Today, in the balance of like, my failures outweigh my victories. But it is hard to believe that I have been defeated so many times, by the same people, the ones I loved and trusted. That's the beauty of life, even the large pile of defeats make you smile because you are the reason why someone else won.
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