Thursday 8 February 2018

INSPIRE WITHIN

Life is a game. A tricky one. Where nobody has the idea whether they are chasing life or life is chasing them.
But we all want an ideal life situation just like the ideal gas situation in chemistry which is attained only on paper.
We all have been asked at some point or the other, who is your inspiration? Some says Mahatama Gandhi, for some it's APJ Abdul Kalam and it goes on. I often used to wonder where my life's inspiration could lie. I had none. Necessarily because of two reasons. first, for a good chunk of my life, I didn't knew the meaning of the word inspiration. And later, I just couldn't relate myself to any of those great people we read about.
But then as I progressed in life, I also found one and with valid reasons. My Dad. He had his own set of struggles but he made it big with his dedication and determination.
Inspiration needs to be real time and I firmly believe that it needs to be changed as you progress in life. And so did mine.
I happened to find my new inspiration or you may say I stumbled upon my new inspiration pretty recently.
A few days ago, one of my friends was emotionally down and pretty vulnerable. And like any other best friend it was not just my duty to console her but to shove the reality into her face. Was not to tell her that everything will be fine but to let her know that she needs to understand, what's next?
Because when I was in the same situation a year and a half ago, god I was traumatized. I was ridiculously insane. And there she saw me what I was back then and what I am now. She saw a change in me, she saw me grew stronger over time. And man, was she proud of me. The moment she said that she is proud of me, I completely lost it for a few seconds. I went into introspection. Because I did not realise it till then that I am better than yesterday, stronger than yesterday and definitely a lot is on my way.
And when I look back at that journey, I see heartbreak, I see separation, I see pain but above all, I see a girl who once gave upon herself and in the journey that led from there brought nothing but growth. A journey that she owns. And there I became my own inspiration.
And trust me if we look back in our individual lives, all of us will realise that we are our true inspirations.
The moment you realise this one thing, your life will change. I am not saying that you will not get into troubles or there won't be any challenges, but for sure you will have a trust, a believe in yourself. You will be a firm believer of yourself and nothing can bring you down. And you will be like, _huh_ bring it on life.
Every life out there is a raw food that needs to be cooked in the fire of struggles to attain the taste of pride, valour and confidence.