My grandmother would tell me, “life will never be easy, but
it will always be worth living.” Her words echo in my ears every time I encounter
hardships in my life. From her bedtime stories to real life challenges, it has
been a long journey. When I take out some time and stand to look back, I
realise how far I have travelled, but the moment I look ahead, my mind reminds
me, “”there’s still a long way to go honey!”
Granny’s Bedtime
Tales- Foundation of Optimism in My Mind
My granny’s stories have contributed a lot in my life. Her
stories introduced me to dreams, passion, sacrifice and hope for a better
tomorrow. All the protagonists in those stories had to go through a long path
of hardships before they rose to glory.
Healing the wounds-Every
time I used to fall down while playing and hurt myself badly, I had this
positive feeling within me that everything will be alright. The wound would
vanish with time and I would be able to play hard again.
Peddling the bicycle-Whenever
I was up for learning new things, for example riding a bicycle, I would face
difficulties of different kinds. Holding the handle was the toughest thing to
do until I discovered peddling was even tougher.
Homework and exams-I
had never seen anything more dangerous than homework before I discovered a
thing called exams. The chain of discoveries kept growing and I encountered the
things called board exams, practical examinations, viva, competition
examinations and what not.
But throughout all these days of dealing with daily
challenges of life, I always had this feeling of positivity inside. I had this
hope that one day everything will be alright. I did not understand why did I
feel so, but this thought helped me.
Though, with time, I discovered that nothing actually gets
perfectly alright. Life has no rule of making things perfect as it used to do
in my granny’s stories. But, it does have the rule of betterment. Life believes
in making things better with time and this is what matters the most. What I see
today as a problem, would turn into a lesson for me tomorrow and that’s how the
life goes.
And now when I close my eyes and recall my granny’s stories,
I can actually understand that this is what she wanted to convey, but in a
beautiful way, the way a child wants to understand life. She showed me
perfection as the ultimate thing mankind could achieve and this is what kept me
going all these years and is still doing the same. I have understood how
significant it is to be positive, optimistic and open for all the challenges.
The idea is to walk towards perfection and life will keep
getting better on the way.
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I remember my granny teaching me good qualities through various stories be it bhoot ka, bandar ka and so on :p
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet memories Priyanka... :-) enjoyed the post....
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother is the closest person to me. They teach us so many things without as much as using words.
ReplyDeleteThis was lovely.