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| Ray of Hope |
Fear, despondency, insecurities,
anger are the real slow poisons, which lead to certain irreversible damages
within the mind. Hope and faith are the divine fragrance which makes our life
worth living.
Since past few months I have been
really disturbed hearing news of suicides.
Kids, students, young men and women, nobody is spared from this menace. What
goes in the mind of people who commit such act remains unexplainable. Ending one’s
life is not an easy task. Their mind must be burdened with some heavy turmoil
that makes them over reactive and impulsive.
For these kids who commit suicide due
to failure in entrance or board exams, failure in relationships or career,
isn’t their life a beautiful gift of God, as we often read? Are failures meant
to end one’s life? It cannot be a matter of destiny. God never wants that we
kill ourselves out of cowardice.
Success and failures will continue to
happen in everyone’s life. Sometimes one is more than the other. It’s not a big
deal; we have to live with it. Talking about my personal life, there were many instances when distress
completely got hold of me, with no hope of sunshine. When finishing off with
life was the only solution I could imagine but somewhere inside a small beam of
faith always winked at me. And that remained my guiding light no matter how
much dim it was.
Being competitive with high dreams is
never a wrong thing, but parents need to be very supportive towards kids, keep them
grounded. Make them know that success
and failure go hand in hand. Failures never means end of life. Life often
brings best surprises; you just need to be positive and willing to embrace
goodness. Keep your karma in right
direction. Never be disappointed just
keep up your hard work with productive intentions. Have good reliable friends,
talk about your problems, talk with your parents, teachers and join support
groups but do not suffer in silence.
Invest your time in a hobby or something that makes you happy. Never brood in solitude.
I know certain things are easy to
preach and difficult to practice. ‘Only
the bearer knows where the shoe pinches’, to it I would just say change
your shoe or apply antiseptic on your feet, but never cut the feet off.
‘Are you creating
poison within you or the fragrance of the Divine? This is a choice’
Sadhguru
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Very good article. Killing oneself is not an option. The modern generation has become completely separated from its value-based roots. Imagine Arjuna saying - I cannot fight Kurukshetra War as I have to kill my relatives, let me commit suicide instead. He rightly fought .....
ReplyDeleteYou are right, giving up seems easy now. But that's not a right thing to do. We need to do our 'karm'
DeleteHard to understand this psych really!
ReplyDeleteI feel so helpless on how I will be able to tackle the situation if I face one.
Well written article on this topic.
Lowness comes in everyone's life. we need to be strong. giving up should not become a trend. Priorities and choices should be carefully done.
DeleteSo well brought the psyche of individuals who become helpless in life when a few mishaps strike them together.. A timely Post, Swati!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you liked it. Hope nobody gives in to the struggles of life.
DeleteAn interesting thought Swati, somewhere I feel that the whole priority of late is placed on unimportant things. I do agree that exams are important, but they are no bigger than life. There are so many things one can achieve even if they fail in exams. I guess somehwere there is a complete mismatch of priorities of life.
ReplyDeleteYou are completely right. There is indeed a mismatch of priorities. something like a rat race to get into best engineering or medical college.
DeleteIt is about time for parents, children, students, teachers and everyone in the rat race of life to pause and think 'whether life is defined by happiness or by success' We need to question ourselves 'what is important in life? Achievements or success?'. Very nicely written article, Swati.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bushra.
DeleteSince such incidence of suicide is on rise, lot of counseling is required for students as well as parents/guardians.
Really a nice read.. Thought provoking.
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DeleteSuch a reflective post and will sure instill positivity in many.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chaitali, Being positive is a keyword to ward off sadness.
DeleteA wonderful post dear.
ReplyDeleteI feel that suppressing emotions cause depression. People going through a bad phase should talk to friends and family, vent their frustration somehow through writing/painting. Brooding in solitude is really very harmful.
Thanks Purba.
DeleteSuppressing emotions is extremely harmful. pent up worries or thoughts are much destructive.
written superbly well. The end with Sadhguru's quote epitomized it beautifully. Well, sometimes it is so painful to know that the person chose the most difficult way (suicide) out (which seemed easier to him) to combat depression. I have learnt all me life that all days are not same. There are bad days, but they also get over.All we need is to sustain our strength till the sun shines :)
ReplyDeleteYes Jigyasa, as you said all days are not same and Strength and courage helps us swim the tough times.
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ReplyDeleteVery well written!
ReplyDeleteActually our mind is designed to tilt more towards negativity (may be because of the fear & insecurity ) or for the quick solutions. I can say that chances of accepting negative are fairer than the chances of choosing positive. So, it can be said that it is not a 50:50 choice but may be 70:30.
We need to make extra 20% effort to make it par with the negative side and then a little more push to win over negative side.And those who come out with tough & negative situations are the true winners!
keep sharing!
Regards,
Yash
Thanks Yash, you have summarized well. Fear and insecurity are the real devils.
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I feel those who go through such emotional toil are alone. Not physically, but emotionally. They feel they can't reach out. 'Don't take everything too seriously' AND 'this too shall pass' - my guiding mantras in times of stress.
ReplyDeleteExactly Saru. You are right by saying that bad phase shall pass soon.
DeleteWe must not loose calm.