Taking every adversity into Stride!

All of us go through rough phases in life when everything seems to be falling apart or not working in its expected way. Such is the rule of life. Nothing comes easy and for free. What happens? We immediately lose our patience, temper, tranquility, and most importantly HOPE! 

This is the MASK!

When going through a dejected phase, our human brain tends to think of all the bad things that have happened to us in the past, not to learn from the mistakes but to mask the current situation.

“Growth requires pain”! Learning to unlearn the old and learn the new is crucial for us to grow as a person (both professionally, personally, and academically). Being rejected is like hanging on to a slippery pole while trying to climb up the ladder. It doesn’t help much at that point in time.  But with patience and hope, one can climb up the pole slowly and gradually. If everyone gave up on things, this world wouldn’t be as we live in it today. We would still live the ‘cave man’ way !

There are so many inspiring stories that we can learn from:From Edison who changed the face of electronic living “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward…” 

From the uber talented Michael Jordan“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” 

There is nothing wrong in things not working. Most of the times, it happens for the best! Its not easier said than done :) From my own experience during my undergraduate years – being rejected by 28 companies for no good reason only brought out the best in me, today!

Fall to Rise... :)

To suggest or not to suggest... is the Question!

Have you ever tried suggesting something to anyone? If they are your close aids, then you would have surely done it  accepting their nagging behaviour and trying to soothe them in the best possible way you can. And surely with time, their nagging would be on the steeper accent rather to the opposite side. One day, there will come a time, when you reach your limit and to vent your anger, you would say something harsh or rude to this already hurt once. 

The music starts now. For all the positive talks you had been making are all dusted aside and the fight is now with you for being rude for once. Then you are just the part of the crescendo. Finally the relation reaches a fracture point of hatred. Where one party points to the rude statement and webs the story around it, and the humble person talks about their arrogance and rude behaviour. 

I guess it is the normal human behaviour to see  negativity in a positive thing. We need not have special skills for that, we are born with them. Tell them hundred comforting things, they will all be thrashed for the one rude comment you make. I agree that the person is hurt but they should understand that, ''everything has a limit - iron ore cannot be educated to gold'' as Mark Twain said. 

It happens that in everyone's life ups and downs are there, but what good is it, if a close friend of yours when comes to soothe you is gifted with anger, mockery and hated in return. We all at some point do, such a think. But lets bring our intellect and think before we hurt our loved one who is taking the burden of being our mother and strengthening our relation with them for ever.