Learning To Love My Troubles

“I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”

- J.K. Rowling

  ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’

 

In life, there always comes a time when it seems the only thing that we seem to be doing lately is whine and crib about how life is being a bitch. How everything is going wrong for you. How everyone around us is having a ball and we are stuck with that dead end job, or a relationship that seems to be going nowhere except dragging us deeper into depression.

Now pal, no matter how much you try to reject the idea you do have random burst of happiness and good times in life. Yes, it might come very rarely, at long intervals and for seemingly very short time. Might seem like sometimes you do not get your fair share of it, but trust me pal you do get enough of it. We got to be honest to ourselves here; we do have a blessed life in some way or the other. There is probably some poor soul out there in the crowd of eight-billion odd people on this planet who is probably dreaming of having your life, with and parcel of all your worries. For him, your's is the "good life".

 

Well, shit happens. It’s not your fault that it does. It is a normal course of things when you look at it, refer to own food consumption-excrement paradigm.

You live a good day, there is probably a bad one just around the corner.

Granted, that is a depressing way to look at life. But that is the truth. You can NEVER avoid the bad things in life. It is high time we take that for granted.

There is no possible way for you to live life carefree. It is a myth. If someone comes to you trying to sell this myth, slam the door on their face. Better yet, shower some very creative (well deserved) profanity at them too, might give you a hell lot satisfaction. I surely would love to.

Be yourself. Be aware of your own identity. Don’t let anybody else try to force something onto you that they think is the model method of living life. It might have worked for them, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is going to work for you.

There is nothing more unpleasant to see than a guy who whines. Next probably to the one who actually blames everyone around him. Your troubles, just like your happiness. Are borne by your own shortcomings and virtues. Identify them and work on choosing and doing what you want to do with them.

What YOU want to do. Not some wise-looking white haired guy in sharp suit says that you should.

And while doing that, we need to remember that what we've had so far is awesome. What we have now is probably much more than what many can even dream of. What we may have in future very well depends on our capabilities in dealing with our present and our hunger for what we don’t have.

Desire and hunger is a good thing. It drives you forward. It is not a bad thing. Be greedy. That might just be the thing that will help us get what we've been pining for all along.

Be hungry. Be you. Be free.

And most important of all, stop whining. There is so much better-looking things to do and be.

Be happy happy. Trust me, we look a lot more beautiful when we smile!! :-)

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