My article today is based on the fact that, a person is capable of doing anything, provided he recognizes his inner strength and uses it in the right direction.
Not everyone is, “born with a “silver spoon”
Even if you were, “born with a silver spoon,”destiny gives you something only when you are dedicated towards your goal. The human condition does not put any barrier between him and his goal. Rather, the “existential crisis” takes him further away from his goal and alienates him from the purpose of life.
Let us understand this briefly with a short story:
Today, Roshani was standing at a turning point which had no final destination. He could not understand what to do. She had two options, either she starts her life afresh or she ends it forever. Before she could think of other options, she looked at her daughter. Who was eating her favourite chocolate and was unaware of the storm that had come into her mother’s life.
Looking at her daughter she thought,
“why should she punish her daughter for what her husband did?”
After thinking for a while, she decided that she had brought the child into this world and it was her responsibility. Therefore, she would not take any step that would cause pain to her daughter.
Roshni’s past life:
Roshani was an educated and hardworking girl. She had married seven years ago against the wishes of her family. Initially, everything was going well, but due to loss in business, Roshani and her husband faced financial crisis. Troubled by the financial crisis, Vivek (Roshani’s husband) started venting his anger on Roshani. He started torturing Roshani mentally and physically.
Their happy married life eventually turned into an abusive relationship.
We live in a society where sometimes we are taught that even if your husband misbehaves with you then you should know how to handle that situation. It is your responsibility to calm your husband’s anger, this is the sign of a good housewife.
Roshani, who did not believe in all this, did not accept it at all. Troubled by all this, Roshani decided to take divorce. When Roshani got divorced, Avani was only 6 months old and today she is 4 years old. Since then, Roshani was living with a childhood friend of hers.
As the days passed,
Roshni began to feel that she was becoming a burden on her friend. Roshni’s compulsion was affecting her self-esteem. She was stuck in such a dilemma that she could not understand which direction she should take. She thought about it for a few days and finally decided to ask her mother for help.
She immediately packed her things, borrowed some money from her friend and reached the station. As soon as she reached the station, she thought she should tell her mother before going home.
Roshni was hesitant before calling her mother:
“There was a strange restlessness inside her. Whatever she had done 7 years ago, perhaps her mother had not forgiven her till now. She became very upset thinking this, but still she gathered courage and called her mother.”
Hearing her mother’s voice, she becomes emotional and starts crying. Roshani tells her mother everything that has happened to her over the past few years.
Then she says, “Mom, I’m all alone. I need your help.”
After a pause, her mother says:
Whatever happened to you, I am very sad. A mother can never tolerate the tears of her child. She always wants her child to be happy always.
Roshani, in these seven years, you did not remember me at all and when you did, it was only to ask for help. Well, you were ready to break ties with your loved ones and spend your life with a stranger. But I will not do that. This house is still yours, you can stay as long as you want. You can even stay for life if you want. You are welcome.
It was heartbreaking for Roshani:
“Hearing such harsh and bitter words from her mother. Roshni felt that the pain caused by her mother’s disappointing behavior was much greater than the comfort she got in her mother’s lap.”
Roshni’s tears were not stopping. Sometimes she would look at her daughter and sometimes she refresh her old memories. She felt helpless. She felt like she was a mother who would never be able to give a good life to her daughter. She sat at the station the whole night without sleeping.
The train was arriving and departing but she remained sitting there quietly.
The next morning something happened which completely changed Roshni’s inner feelings:
The next morning when she went to the shop to get water for her daughter, she saw that’ “A physically handicapped person was selling newspapers with the help of a wheelchair.” An old lady who was around 80 years old and couldn’t stand properly and a pregnant lady were cleaning the entire station. A small child, a few years older than Avani, was selling peanuts at a school-going age.
After seeing this scene:
She looked at herself and realised that her hands and legs were safe and he could work. She could see well, speak well and hear well. Moreover, she was neither too old to be unable to work, nor too young to have to give up basic education and work.
She held Avani’s hand and vowed to herself that no matter what happens, she will give her daughter such a good life that she will never feel the absence of her father.
What was my reason behind writing this article?
My effort through this article was to tell you about the potential of a human being. This article inspires not only physically fit or mentally fit people. But it also inspires all those people who feel that they are not capable of doing anything in their life.
Keep this in mind, the more you make your life difficult, the more difficult it becomes. Thinking about the problem repeatedly, not trusting yourself, considering yourself inferior to others. All these things make you even weaker. Along with this, you start fearing difficulties and become unable to face them.
I request you to change your thinking from today itself and try something new. Please share your past incident which made you realize that you too have a hidden power inside you which is capable of doing many things.
“Stay connected, keep smiling!”
