HE had become a very big businessman. He started from zero. When he was born, his family did not even have enough money to buy all three meals. He struggled since his childhood and found success at the age of 45. For him those past 45 years were a great learning experience and he would not have been what he was if he had not gone through those 45 years. People who travel a journey and have not given up, who have faced maximum struggles are the ones who appreciate life. Who have not struggled enough, generally are found on the complaining side. So I asked him, what would make life easy for us?
He smiled and shared. He said that take a military trained guy. he goes through a physically straining and regress training because he wants to. Why? Because he took part in that willingly, knowing that this would make him a better soldier and without this he would not become one. He wants to be a soldier and that’s why he accepts all. He knows that he is going to go through such hardships.
Now, in life let’s take it as military training school. We are on the path of becoming good soldiers. Different hardships are designed to make us more loving and stronger. It is designed to make us better. harder the training, better the results. What if we were told this from the beginning. Once I remember having discussion with a soldier and he shared his experience. He said that if there were few rest days in his academy because of any reason, soldiers would get worried thinking, if they have stopped training or they were out of academy. Similarly, if we are told that we have to continue going through training then?
On the contrary, we are told that these hardships are the result of bad karmas and sufferings. So we have a negative frame of reference attached and we are not happy with the challenges of life.
So let’s accept, it is designed to make us better and if we really want to be something in life, we have to or else we will not become good soldiers.
