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Someone somewhere is dreaming to live a life like yours

So, you are living in a rural area and you day-dream of living in a hi-fi locality all your life? You may be surprised to know but there do exist people who are located in posh areas and super willing to shift to a village, but can’t. They are now fed-up of all the challenges an urban life brings and just feel like giving-up all the hustle-bustle and just switch to a rural life but have responsibilities to fulfil and so, just can not do what they want.

And you must have heard of the willingness in people to switch their employed/unemployed status at some point of time. It’s common, nothing new. No doubt, the jobless are desperately looking for a source of employment but there do exist people who are well-paid in their professions but are so tired of their schedule and lifestyle that they just want to quit or take a break. They are just not able to.

Okay, so you are really ill. God forbid, may be suffering from a chronic disease and wondering who would be willing to live a hell life like that. Let me tell you, there do exist people who are so fed-up of serving others all the time, they just want someone to pamper them now. They are ready even if it happens at the cost of their health. They are craving for the attention that unwell people get. And yes, they are all set to bear the physical pain it may bring along.

Sometimes skipping a meal or getting drenched in the rain or receiving scolding from elders or a broken-heart or anything such for that matter, may look like a giant pain to bear but at the end of the day, all of us have something to be thankful for. Yes, everybody does and that includes you. Sometimes you might be having a hard day and life may seem like a steep uphill climb, but then there are phases. There are ups, there are downs. Why not instead of complaining about all your problems, rather count your blessings today and enjoy the positivity it fetches! Why not cherish that sweet delicious feeling even if it’s just momentary? The next moment may be hard, or worse, dark again. But believe me, in that case, there will be light again. Some time, some day, even if not sure when. Just keep up the faith and keep going. Just, believe.

The Magic of Acceptance

An old saying goes as ‘the trees with the sweetest fruits get the most hit by stones thrown at them’. A simple sentence with quite a deep meaning. Usually the same happens with the most humble, down-to-earth people in our society. They are present in abundance around us. Just that sometimes they are clearly visible to naked eyes whereas sometimes you have to peep behind the mask they carry all the time. This hard mask becomes a necessity to protect themselves to be hit in the face by those stones that I earlier talked of. Carrying this mask just means that they might be pretending to be strong-headed and practical on the outside but actually, they have a soft, emotional, delicate inside instinct. In almost everything that happens with them, they are the givers without expecting much in return. They are caring and adore the most living beings around them, regardless of their size or significance. But often it is really disheartening to see that they are the ones to be the most criticized and blamed at. Even being the most deserving for all the happiness they desire, they are the most suffering ones. Gradually, some of these slip into a dark web and struggle hard to come out. Then is that the magic of acceptance comes in the scene.

Now two things may happen. Either they will accept themselves as well as their adversities for whole life, or their patience and perseverance bring out their sweetest fruit which does all the miracle. In the former case, even if they are not very happy with life, they are content because of acceptance. This is much like getting out of that dark web and settle peacefully at the edge, even if not completely away from it. In the latter case, they completely bounce out and transform. An individual or a team walks into their lives, who perform the acceptance act and the magic happens. First of all, they feel the light emerging from within, which eventually spreads out and may even reflect over the whole world, shining like the brightest huge star above our head that we fondly call as ‘Sun’.

Either kind of acceptance is really crucial and much-needed in today’s world. We are living in a time where it’s a fast life and everyone seems to be racing like blind. Some of us even don’t mind running over others if need be. Also, that’s why the speedy increase in cases of depression, etc. Obviously, many gems go overlooked in the mad rush.

Today, put an effort to give a check whether you have one such sweet-fruits-tree around you and if you have accepted it gracefully yet. If not yet, then when? If you are the one yourself, have you found your magician(s) yet?