2012 was tough in more ways than one, but where it was tough
it was certainly the year of acceptance and growth. We have these times, which
are times of accelerated personal growth, of awakenings and understanding. I
used to think that the era for my personal growth and introspection came and
went and that I have achieved a good level of personal insight; I believed, that
I had learned a few good lessons that life could teach me that I have been well
grounded; I was wrong.
The thing about understanding is it stems from some acute
pain. That’s the rough part. I used to wonder why each great master piece had a
tormented soul in the back ground, well now I know. Not till you are in real
pain can you understand the value of so many things. There is a lesson in every
hardship that comes knocking on our door, and every challenge brings with it, options.
The option to either accept the blow gracefully and become stronger, find the
courage to live with the new set of challenges and mould yourself to this new
task or the option to cry and complain about life in general and how you only
bear the brunt of fates twisted ways.
In clinical terms we experience the five stages of depression,
in case of an emotional trauma. There is the denial, followed by anger,
then bargaining, the sinking depression and finally acceptance. This is a very cruel
process, for different people the stages are different. All or most of us go
through the first four on our own pace. This depending upon our general attitude towards life and our support systems or lack of them, but the last “acceptance”
is a true gift that not everyone is blessed with. Stressful emotional
situations bring out the worst in us, at times we have to reconfigure our
entire programming; who we are and what we want from life now. It is overwhelming
not to point fingers at one’s own self and others for our misfortunes, to
finally accept that the doing is done and in the eternal words of Freddie
Mercury, that "The show must go on".
Life is unpredictable, that’s why it is beautiful. Who knows
what great good is to stem from the hardship that you face today. Who is to
say that years from now, when you look back, this very challenge changes the
entire course of your destiny, takes you places you never imagined, opens doors
that you didn’t know existed. All it takes is an adjustment of your thoughts
and life has a new dimension to offer.
Reading this was almost like seeing my own crude thoughts in print. (Not to imply that this was crude though :))
ReplyDeleteB-ea-utiful! On to the next year of advancement; which sometimes entails going back a step to take forth two.
Thanks though most of it is actaully quite crude; only if I start editing I would never print.
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