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This too shall pass - Never Quit..

Our lives are not only our own. They also belong to those who surround us. We should take care of ourselves because we are important to others.
The most valuable thing that we all are gifted with is "Life." Sometimes we feel sick and tired of our life and a sense of negativity starts occupying our mind when each and everything surrounding us starts pulling us down. You may feel as if all the doors are closed, you are chocked up somewhere with no way, no clue and no hope to come out of that phase of life.
Then a point comes where you feel you just had enough of everything and due to frustration and anger you start fighting for what you want in a wrong way which actually worsens up the situation and makes you feel more fatigued with your life and you end up taking a drastic step to quit this world.
This is that point of life where you are tired of getting up everytime you fall and an overpowering negativity leaves a permanent impression in your mind which makes you fell you will never be able to win. A time comes when you stop fighting and decide to quit the world to achieve peace.
Here I would like to share a beautiful story which will make you realize quitting is an option where you will end your life without knowing the actual result that were to show up.
One day, a man decided to quit his life. He had faced huge loss in business, faced many emotional ups and downs with his family and he felt even the God is paying deaf ears to his prayers. Before quitting his life he just wanted to have a last conversation with the God.
The man prayed for one last time and said to God "Why did you do this to me? Can you give me one good reason for not quitting?  I know this is wrong but I can't handle this anymore."
Suddenly the man heard a voice, the voice was none other than that of God. God said - "My Child, before quitting I want you to visit a forest nearby." The man was surprised at this, but he left to forest without uttering one single word. Once the man reached the forest God asked him to look around. The man looked around the forest totally puzzled.
He saw fern and bamboo covering the forest. God said - "Do you see the fern and the bamboo? It's me who planted the seeds of both fern and bamboo. I took good care of both the seeds by giving them same amount of light, water and air. But the fern grew very quickly from the earth. Within two years the fern grew vibrant and covered the whole forest with its greenary. Since two years nothing came from bamboo seed.
But I didn't quit on bamboo. Third and fourth year passed yet nothing came from bamboo. I kept patience but never thought of quitting on bamboo seed.
Then in the fifth year a small green sprout sprung up from the earth. Now comes the turning point i.e six months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
The bamboo had spent five years in growing its roots which gave it a strength to grow so tall withing six months.

Today you can see both fern and bamboo make the forest beautiful. My child you must understand one thing in your life.I would never give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle. I understand you are going through hardship but remember you are actually growing roots.
Don't compare yourself with others at this phase of life. Have patience, survive by growing your roots so that one day you will achieve unbelievable heights and satisfaction in your life.
Your time will come and you will rise too like the bamboo.The man left the forest with a new ray of hope. Sometimes the harder you fall, the stronger you rise.
Life is too ironic-
It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value Presence.
You never lose, you either win or learn.
Making an effort to deal with problems can make us aware of how strong we really are. Life's challenges don't exist only to upset us—they exist so that we understand ourselves better and get to know who we really are.
Death is waiting for each of us anyway; why call on it before our time?
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  1. Prans16 April 2020 at 22:05

    You never lose, you either win or learn. Very good perspective to have.

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