Let me start with a famous quote of my favourite Ratan Tata Jee:
“Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.” For many reasons, the last one year or so, was one of the toughest part of my life. It doesn't mean that the rest of the period was so smooth, but during the last one year, I had to travel through a path, where my "ABILITY" as well as my "CREDIBILITY" were at stakes. We know that the tough time will pass through, but the path towards destiny can be more painful than what others feel or see through their eyes. During this tough period, I was able to see a black wolf and a white wolf within me. This was the story I had posted a few years back in my own blog. You may read my old blog to recollect that famous story. Link of my old blog is given below: https://subrahamanyam.weebly.com/my-blogs/aheart-touching-story-of-two-wolves Yes, these two wolves were consistently fighting with each other. The black wolf was filled with fear, anger, envy, jealously, greed, and arrogance. On the other hand, the white wolf was filled with peace, love, hope, courage, humility, compassion, and faith. The blog ended up with a question: "Which wolf wins?" And the answer was: "That's simple. It's the wolf we feed the most." Whatsoever may be the outcome of this fight, my complaint was not with either of these wolves. Certainly not. I have experienced the presence of these wolves within self many times, and have been continuously learning to deal with them. The day I feed the black wolf, the white wolf would disappear. And whenever I fed the white wolf, the black one would make its way towards exit. These wolves are part of our life, and we need to learn to deal with them. I do not want to elaborate on how to tackle these wolves. It may not be very simple, but try to feed the white wolf alone (always), and keep the black wolf unattended (though tough, but learn to do so). This would lead to the positivity. However, your journey can not be comfortable when both your abilities and capabilities are at stake, as I mentioned above. I was trying to compete with myself and was trying to overcome my own best. Despite all my efforts, I was not able to make a visible progress, and the nightmares of dejection and rejection were riding my mindset. It was also a period, when the optimism was playing hide and seek game with me, and the battlefield was nothing lesser than that of the famous Mahabharata. In the battle of Mahabharata, Arjuna was not ready to use his weapons, stating that - how can he use these weapons against his own family members and relatives. What followed next was the famous - Bhagvath Geetha. But in my case, I was determined to stay in the battle field. I was not nervous about a visible war, because my war was not against my own people, but my war was against a solo negative though that - this is impossible. You can't do it. And such thought was many times endorsed by many nears and dears. But this was the toughest part of this battle, which I had to overcome at any cost. When you take up a task in your life, whether personal or professional. The success of that task solely depends on your will-power, your dedicated efforts, and the focus of your execution skills. From the very first chapter of Bhagavath Geetha, I have learned that we must be ready to use the weapons for a good purpose. And when I further proceed to subsequent chapters of Geetha, I get to learn that we must not worry about the fruits, and rather focus only on the work. I was well determined to stay on the path of determination, and I knew that I am going in a calibrated manner, and this path would lead to the expected destiny. I do believe, I was right. Yes, I was. Indeed I was. But, I happen to learn certain new lessons which were worth a lifetime achievement for me. When you are undergoing one of the possibly toughest phase of your battle, you must not expect anyone to support you. The famous saying - "EVERY COIN HAS TWO SIDES". This saying remain a saying in the closed books. The failure of a person is easily visible to the society than the other side of the coin. I learned that - neither your close friends, nor your relatives will ever bother to look at the other side of the coin. They prefer to be judgemental, rather than going one step deeper inside to find out what was hidden on the other side of the coin? I wished that people had the patience to look at both sides of the coin, but they did not. I wished that so-called judgemental people might look on the other side of the coin as well. But they never did. No regrets, No complaints. Despite hating to remember those tough periods, I am grateful to almighty that the tough phase of my life taught me some very valuable lessons, which I would have, otherwise never learnt so easily. To cut short my lengthy blog with a meaningful end. ALL I LEARNED TO OVERCOME THE TOUGH PHASE WAS TO BALANCE YOUR MIND AND HEART IN SUCH A CALIBRATED MANNER THAT THE BLACK WOLF WITHIN YOU DOESN'T GET FOOD AT ANY COST. LET HIM REMAIN HUNGRY, ONCE AND FOREVER. These were more lessons: 1. There is always a hidden side of the coin. Don't be judgemental, unless you know what is hidden on the other side. 2. Your closest friends, relatives, and colleagues may do all the possible catalytic activities, which may indirectly become the food to the black wolf inside you. And you must learn to keep the black wolf still hungry. Let him not wake up. 3. The best way to come out of a tough phase of life is not by avoiding the problem. No, it can't help. Even if someone is not reminding you about a problem, you have to face it. Face the problems - head on. Don't postpone the battle. Take the problem - head on. Finally, learn how to remain calm and steady even if your ability is questioned. No one, other than yourself must judge your own ability. And take the 'appreciation' and 'criticism' of the society in absolutely same spirit, i.e., a positive spirit. I know my blog has become very lengthy. But when it comes straight from the heart, it has to have no censorship, hence the lengthy blog. Hope you might have loved reading my blog. Thanks for your patience and valuable time in reading my blog. [ DISCLAIMER ] All content provided on this web-page blog is for informational purposes only. The owner of this blog makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link on this site. The owner of this website will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. This terms and conditions is subject to change at anytime with or without notice.
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