BE STRONG, WITHIN.

In the world full of challenges everyone desires to be strong, to look strong. But the saddest part is 'to look strong' becomes the sole concern of ours. And this desire of mankind has written the entire history of civilization.

You don't really need to look towards the gravest incidents history has witnessed. Observe your everyday life. Every single part of it will scream your desire to show yourself STRONG. Let me take you down my memory lane. At the age of 14 or 15, I was always trying to show my strength somehow. I was almost obsessed with showing how 'rebellious' I am. This phase was the one when I committed so many mistakes.

So, one day me and my best friend back then decided to jump from a balcony of my school to the floor down there. Of course, because we thought we are so brave, we can do anything we want etc. We asked another friend of us to do the same. She denied. Of course, we made fun of her cowardliness. My friend jumped first. It was a really good distance. I won't lie, I was scared to jump. but when I saw her jumping I thought that I can't look weak. I need to do this. So I did that, I jumped and badly hurt my back and several places on my body. It remained for a really long time. I can't be thankful enough to God that it did not land me to hospital. Eventually, I realized that it was stupidity that I committed. This is what a human being does. We think whatever we are doing is right or try to make it look right. We give ourselves reasons, try to justify us to others and sometimes to our own selves. To accept the fact that we might be wrong wrenches our soul. In our entire lifetime, the sole reason behind all our deeds is to be justified, to be accepted by others, to make us look strong.

I was not even strong enough to accept the fact that jumping from a balcony can only do a thing that is to injure. That doesn't make me strong, not at all.

you can find such people everywhere who are always ready to do anything anywhere to show how courageous and cool they are. People hurt others to show their strength. They harm themselves too. They do weird stuff, not because they want to but because they want people to know how strong they are. We search our strength in people's astonishment, in their recognition, in their awe. I have seen one of my friends, who is very sensitive, to go to the butcher's shop because he thought that watching the bloodshed of animals will make him strong. But strength is not something you need to show off. As Rabindranath Tagore said, "He who shows his strength, confirms his weakness". Be strong because you need to be, not because others need to see. You are strong when you don't need to prove that anymore. You are strong when you try to understand anyone. You are strong when you don't hesitate to express yourself.  You are strong when you cry. You are strong when you win and when you lose. You are strong when you choose to remain calm when you need to. You are strong when you fight when you need to. You are strong when you do mistakes. You are strong when you accept yourself gracefully.

BE STRONG, WITHIN.

Probably you all have gone through this kind of experiences, probably some of you are going through something like this. Please do share your experiences.

You never know what is going to happen next

Even a few days ago I had a lot of plans for my life. I knew what exactly I want to do with it. But sometimes things don't work the way you want. You work hard, you wish hard but it just doesn't happen. My every plan failed. So, what to do next? Is this the end of your world? Is there no end of the dark tunnel you are in? NO, it's not. It's just a different start.

When you have plans and you dream of them every single day but in the end, you fail to execute them, you become lost. You will be broken, sad and angry. But what is the point? There is no point in harming yourself. If you tried hard enough but still, you failed; probably you deserve something better and something different than what your plan was. So the new plan is, to be happy and accept the challenges fate has given us. Remember you still don't know what is going to happen next. All you know is that you are breathing and you are alive and that is a bliss. If your existence is that vain you weren't alive.

So the next day, wake up in the morning, give yourself a power start. Look at yourself and think of the time you used to think about your plans so passionately, don't lament over it but make yourself realize that whatever your dreams were you are more than even that. You are going to do something amazing. Make your existence a relevant one. If you are sad then just cry it out. This is probably the best therapy. Bring your energy back. Love everyone and let them love you. Challenges are something that makes life so accept them, get up and conquer them. Nothing is perfect in this entire world, and so you are. You just have to make it perfect in your sight. Bring the best out of you, no matter what situation you are in, accept it because this is the only thing you can do and FIGHT IT.
Remember the famous line??? "if winter comes can spring be far behind?"