Stay true to yourself and dare to dream!

It feels like ages here, well that’s because I am at home snoozing and unwinding. I need a stricter publishing schedule – say 1^st and 3^rd Saturday of every month, let us work with that.  I can’t believe I wrote this piece weeks ago and I am just publishing it, I actually started feeling down again and my editor referred me to my last blog (not knowing I had not published it). Today’s post is not a call to action as usual but kind of still on the same path. I just find it hard to talk about something that doesn’t come from within. There are times when I have questioned the paths I take and pondered deeply on the justification of some of my actions. I am pretty sure I am not alone in this. There are moments when things don’t seem to add up - like you give a particular goal your best but in the end your efforts don’t yield the desired result. But that is life, for we are not defined by how many times we fall but rather the number of times we get up. Whatever happens, wherever you are, you should never stop trying. The moment we stop trying we start dying, hope is the only thing we have to hold on to and I am an advocate of keeping hope alive. Hope is that bird which sings in the night before dawn, it is the shining star that leads you to a place harder than a rock but you still find courage to smile, HOPE is everything. Staying positive and hopeful keeps you on track and allows you look forward to better things even when the silver lining is as dark as the cloud.

It sometimes gets more difficult but staying true to your cause is not something that comes easy, it is laced with many distractions and damaging emotions but who knows, may be without it life wouldn’t be what it is. And we all know smooth seas don’t make better sailors! The feeling of not putting in enough effort, not trying hard enough, not measuring up……. but then why cry over spilt milk when you don’t know for a fact what the next day holds. It is possible that others might appear to have had it easy but you don’t know how many times they tried and even if it was easy for them on what basis are you comparing your journey with theirs. You do not stem from the same roots except when you are twins and even if you are, you cannot bear the exact same fruit. Each individual is unique in their struggle, life experience and everyone will tell a different success story. We tend to complicate life by judging our success by the success of others which shouldn’t be. In actual sense we are supposed to draw motivation from their stories that will enable us stay on track.

You probably will not easily spot the light at the end of the tunnel but believe me there is no such thing as a smooth mountain.  A lot of people have found themselves in the same position you are in now but they rolled their sleeves up and continued striving.  I am writing from personal experience, I find it funny but  I just see every challenge as a bend in the road and if I can’t straighten the bend, I find a way around it but most importantly I don’t stop trying. A few people can attest to that, I believe in holding on to the tiniest bit of hope while staying on course. It works and you should try it too. If you don’t make it once or twice or may be thrice, just keep going. It does not mean that you are a failure, unlucky or something, it just did not work out, and that is it. You have to keep on keeping on for that is what life is.  So, next time you find yourself in such a situation, just know, you are not alone, think of the reason why you are who you are and the life journeys you have travelled. Think of the very many things that did not work out but still you emerged victorious. Think of the young girl/boy moving on the city streets in search for something to eat hoping that may be one Good Samaritan will show up and rescue the situation. Think of the moments that you were happy, draw back the memories and that will surely keep you on track.

Help motivate someone by sharing your experience here, How do you keep yourself pushing on even when things seem not be working out?