Emo hit

Dear life,

      You promised me a lot. But what you’ve given me has surpassed all that you promised. I knew both beauty and ugliness would come my way for nothing comes unalloyed in life. My life has encompassed both good and bad because you’ve made me understand only too well that nothing comes unalloyed. When I look back and also regard the present, I realize that richness in life is in bringing all these experiences together and waving a beautiful tapestry of them.

        When I try to achieve my goal in haste, you slow me down. You teach me patience; the value of waiting for what is worthwhile. You teach me that life is over-flowing; like the river that gets around so many bends and boulders, you also make me flow over and around obstacles and difficulties. 

        The trajectory I chose for myself now is different, on account of lessons you’ve taught me. By choosing not to identify myself completely with difficulties that come my way way, I look beyond them and my myself, despite my multiple identities, to the Spiritually awakened Self thats inside me.

        You often squeeze me like a lemon, and so stress, pain and defeat become a part of my experiences. You make demands on me. I was made to take on responsibility, to take care for others and to give something back to you. However, when the demands became excessive you’ve shown me that sometimes I’ve to be squeezed to give out my best.

        You’ve also given me the chance and opportunity to recover when the feeling of being squeezed of all energy threatens to take over. There comes a healing touch- or there is sickness that forces one to stop and take stock, and helps one emerge filter and stronger for the experience.

        Life, you’re a twin sister of Time. In learning to make the best use of time and putting our talents to best use in activities that are essentially time bound, we are really living time to the full. There is time for everything under the sun. But you’ve impressed upon me that I should do and undertake only work and activities that promote life, not destroy it.

        Yet may I request you: Please don’t squeeze me like a lemon. I’ve learnt my lessons an the need to put up a good fight and keep the good faith. I will celebrate you and not waste the opportunity.

        And when I whisper a prayer, I will say, “Thank you life, for the gift of SELF to me.”