One day a gentleman came for coaching. He had a very troubled past but he was smiling. Most of the people we meet with a troubled past have a very negative attitude towards life. He was talking very good of everyone and everything. I asked the reason for having such a good attitude and how did he learn that. How was he so happy?
He replied, generally looking at me people assume that I never had any problem or I do not have any problem in life. But the reality is I have had my share of life or may be more. It takes lots of efforts to be happy and strong. I do put in those efforts everyday.
It’s not that I never cribbed or complained or I did not feel unjust or things like that. I used to be a grouch too. But when I looked back at life, I realized those tough times only have made me a better person and a stronger person. When I faced money problem, I realized the importance of money. When I had my divorce I realized the importance of family and relationships. When I did something bad and it returned to me, I realized that how bad Karma comes back and what is the importance of doing good, thinking good and staying good. Why it is said that speak truth and stay honest. I learned all the things with experiences. Whatever i had learned in school actually how it became a practical lesson in life. So all these things made me realize that tough times were designed for a reason to make be better and stronger. infact so many times I feel grateful to God for designing such times and I wonder what if it was like a training center and all the hurdles were designed to make me better in this training center. So it means I took admission in most expensive one because I had so many hurdles.
Hearing him was such a pleasure and it was like life was training on one more side of experiences.
