As I began growing older and began introspecting more into the meaning of our lives,all these past events suddenly began appearing more purposeful and meaningful in life. Each of the previous mentioned points were not problems or troubles but testing times or events which would eventually strengthen my character or personality to make me better prepared in life, be it the power failures,transport strike,daily chores,studying in school/college,homework,tantrums of family members,friends,classmates,teachers,etc
Coming to my personal life,by God's grace I've been blessed with everything necessary to live life quite smoothly.For perople living in upper middle class or rich segments of society,talking or thinking about living from hand to mouth or just by the basic means would be intolerable since people are very well aware that they are capable of much more.The same in the case of my life.Despite having a lot of leisures and comforts in life,as well as the capability of having more,happiness does not come along with it.I continue to suffer from irritation,anger,anxiety,restlessness,and many more negative human traits.
The examples are too many and varied for me to list even one of them down. Let me anyway consider some examples.When we are hurrying to rush to our workplaces or an important examination,the sight of even slight traffic or even worse,a traffic jam literally makes us crazy and frustrated to the core.But,would we ever realise that even situations such as this can help in averting a possible life threatening tragedy if everything went smoothly.It could be possible that a drunk or sleepy truck driver could be coming from the other side of the road and had it not been for the intense traffic,a person could have even lost his life if his vehicle collided with the truck.I heard a similar story of a young guy working in the World Trade Centre Tower of NYC, who had been severely delayed on the morning of 9/11/01.After the incident,the guy in an interview for a weekly magazine had thanked God a million times for not being able to make it on time,else we would have all known of the consequences. Similarly,I heard of the story of a family who had been quite disheartened and frustrated because they could not eat their dinner that evening since the gas stove failed to work properly.Later,it was found out that at that moment,the gas cylinder had been leaking and even a small flame could have caused a fatal explosion.
Wouldn't the above given examples be termed as the greatest fortune for the concerned people.Would they still crib over those tiny problems they faced temporarily?
I've realized that each and everything in this world(in this whole Universe infact)has got its positives and negatives i.e plus points and drawbacks.There can be no object,entity,person,place,animal,event,situation,etc which has only positives and no drawbacks or negatives and vice versa.We are from childhood made to live with ideologies that certain things or situations in life are always good,no matter whatever might be its outcome or consequences in the future.Similarly,likewise,certain things are always bad,despite them being beneficial in some way or the other in the long run.The fact remains that this world appears the way it is depending on the way we look at it.Our mindset ultimately shapes everything we perceive in our lives.The positive one's thoughts are,the merrier life would be.
