He was smiling and sitting. He was playing with his children. He was serving his parents. He was taking a cup of coffee with his wife. He was smiling and said it would be ok, I am there. I wondered, the man who looked poised, what’s there? He didn’t look like he had one ounce of stress. I asked his wife. If everything is ok. she started crying. Wiping her tears. She shared that 2 months back, they lost everything financially. He is trying to start a new business but still, it’s a very difficult situation. Since then he is having a lot of back pain too. It’s like everything is on his back. But he looked so graceful and had no ounce of stress. She smiled and said that this is how he is. He says that he has to fight his battle and he would. But small children and his parents, do not deserve his stress and they cannot help. Why take it out on them? He needed that emotional support from his wife and shared everything. And it’s not a sign of weakness, I would say, it’s a sign of a strong relationship.
On the other hand, I saw a gentleman. He was lazy and dishonest. He could not get a decent job and when he got one, he always lost it because he always tried some malpractices. His ethics were not in the right place. However, to cover up for himself, he always talked badly about his elder brother in front of his parents. He would always find something wrong and complain. He would cry about his condition in front of his mother and she would help him with some money. His father always said that she was the reason, he was not taking a stand in his life and she was helping him rot. At the age of 45, his mother died and he could no longer cry in front of anyone. No help too! He wondered if it was too late to stand up on his own feet. Well, it seemed like he had lost almost the entire battle. He knew, complaining against his brother would never get him softness from life. He would have to do something. He could start afresh but he was already behind!
Choose your path with love, commitment, hard work and honesty!
