Half of this year has already passed and I find myself with the list of things to be finished this year, targets to be completed, books to be read, places to be visited, friends to be called & nothing from that list has been tick marked as complete or precisely nothing out of it is even in the process of completion and somewhere it makes me mad!

This year has been a little hard for all of us. The whole world is literally fighting a thing, invisible to naked eyes.
There are people who lost their jobs, there are people working more than their physical capabilities from home, some are having serious financial issues, some are suffering mentally and the only thing that makes us one is that rich or poor, elders or youngsters, each one of us is fighting a battle within, all on our own.
Hence to claim someone’s life better than another depending upon the superficial layers we see is both wrong as well as insensitive.

How we wish there was a button to switch on or off the situations we are put into.
I’m no life expert but of all little that I have understood about life I feel, there are hardly few people, maybe less than a percent, who can understand others and think and wish good for them without being selfish.
By this selfishness I do not intend to say that this makes anybody wrong, this is just human nature.
For example, how easy is it to be fond of or to fall in love with a person who loves you or was always there for you?
But, be honest and ask yourself can you really give love to someone even after that someone has got your heart broken multiple times and your trust is shattered?
If the answer is “No” then tell me what was keeping you happy with that person anyway?
Your “Love”?
Well no!!
That was a situational burst of happy emotions with that person because when you love someone, then nothing or no situation can change that fact, you still be respectful, nicer and kinder towards them no matter what. And in my opinion, anything can be conditional but love.

So my point here is that most of the time people will come depending upon their needs and walk out of your life when things will not go their way, there will be people who will promise you the sky and will make you taste dust exactly when you will decide to fly and this will happen to you inevitably in this lifetime.
But that shouldn’t stop you from being the kind of person that you are. That shouldn’t take away the kindness, compassion & love from your heart, that shouldn’t turn you bitter.
Most importantly that shouldn’t stop you from living your best life.

We all have faced ups and downs in different sectors of our lives, at our very own level. To be upset because things didn’t go your way is okay for some time but to let those failures or disappointments break you so much that you lose your very essence is unfair.
It is unfair to no one but you.

Over the years I have realized that our life is our responsibility.
The good or bad that comes along is our responsibility.
And once we begin to realize this, our response towards situations changes completely and that brings a difference in our lives and for better.

If you want a certain job or position in life then work for it, work hard enough that you can go closer and closer to it. You might not be successful in the beginning or end, but eventually in the end your heart will be filled with satisfaction that you at least tried.
That works for everything. Understand and accept that you cannot change everything in life but how you respond to various situations is entirely your responsibility and that is what makes a person different from another

So coming back to the point, since we know there is no switch made that can shift us from one situation to another, we need to train our mind to be so good that when situations aren’t the way we want them to be, even then, they don’t have enough power to weaken the love, goodness and the peace within us.

Whether we stay or not, whether we be happy or sad, this life is moving with its own pace and it will keep going on, it’s neither too slow nor too fast it’s just our reaction to a different situation that either makes it magical or miserable.

So don’t let situations control your life, you take control of it.
You want to read a book, take out the damn time to read it. Missing your friends too much? Meet them. Love someone? express it. Unhappy with your job? Leave it and look for another.
But keep moving, just don’t stop on one page, for there is still a lot that is to be written in your book of life!

Value the love and kindness showered on to you and reflect that on to the others, appreciate the life that you have and all the good things you can bring about with this life and only then we can make this world a happy place to live for everyone! It’s our responsibility to take care of our life because everybody else is anyway busy struggling with their own battles. Don’t put the weight of your disappointments on the fragile boxes of happiness that others are trying to create for themselves. Be better, be kinder that is the highest form of love. Always remember, that nothing is more challenged in life than your own goodness, and we have to be powerful enough to never let it go no matter what!
Be a person with a big and open heart and in the end your life will be filled with so much light.

Your life is a reflection of the choices that you make when situations are tough, so think patiently and wisely what really matters in the end? Because whatever you will be allowing or rejecting in your life will decide the quality of life for you.
Good or bad, your life is totally based on how responsibly you took your decisions and it’s solely your responsibility!!

Oh, you dying hope,
Wait.
Just for one more time,
Breathe.
Breathe deep and come back to life,
For there are so many springs that await,
For all of us to feel alive.
Oh you, my dear hope,
Please come back to life.

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