LIFE - COLORES INFINITUM (56)
Moments of feeling low come invariably in life.
Moments of feeling low come invariably in life.
Like life is a random event of a
life-span that we try to make methodical by giving it a sense through our
living, such moments, too, are random events happening regularly, with
established elements of unpredictability behind them.
Like we try to control life by
trying to give it an aim, a sense to make a living that stands out
individually; that feeds us with elements of identity; that propels us with
questions of existence, we need to make sense of ‘what and why’ of the moments
making us feel low, making us miserable souls in depressing moments, to take
control of them.
Yes, there cannot be a set
procedure or practice to overcome such moments. It is simply your resolve that
has to say ‘I persist’ whenever you feel the onslaught of life’s erratic flirtations
and despondent hibernations.
Yes, it is difficult to do so.
But you must realize that feeling low and thinking further about it stings even
deeper; sucks even harder; macerates even smaller.
It has to be thought on the way
that there is no option but to go down and invite more negativity if you linger
more with your depression, if you let the moments making you feel low stay
longer, if you value the factors (reasons) hounding in those moments take over
you.
In no time, they become lethal
enough to take over your thought process, to mess up with your identity, to
dwarf your existence, to diminish the sense that you have been making of you.
Can you let that happen? Should
you let that happen?
That can never be an option in
life. That must never be.
There is no other option but to
face them to kill them. The depression of such moments has to have only this
validity that they make you think ‘what went wrong’ and ‘why it happened’ and
how to tread further.
Feel low, but only to hit back. Pain
is always a strong motivator if you can resist successfully the compulsions and
temptations of escapism.
Whenever you feel low, you need
to persist with the sensibility that gives your life the living you have been
working for. Think of who you were and who you are. Think of the body of the work
you have put in and let them play dice with the elements making you feel low.
Persist. And you shall win.
You have to be in control of your
life. Life should not control you.
If you feel low and you allow
such moments to take over you, life will make you feel even lower.
Don’t give life that opportunity.
