Met a strong lady. Her husband died when she was just 35, then her son died at the age 42 and she was left all alone at the age of 70. Her daughter in law decided to remarry after son’s death which was fair and left their child to be raised by the old lady. Hats off to such people who do not give up on life and what life asks from them. So I asked her, how did she manage that? How it had been? She simply said that when life gets tough you have to get tougher. That’s the only option. What else could I do? When my husband died, should I have left my son like my daughter in law? I could not and I decided to give everything to my son. When he died, could I leave my grandson behind? His mother abandoned him but I could not! So I every time, I had some challenge but then that challenge gave me a reason to look forward to also in life. What if I did not have a son? What would an alone widow have done? What if I did not have a grandson?
This is life. This is how we see it! Something can become a challenge or something also can give you a reason to look forward to in life.
We can never give up! So many times, I remember an exercise we did in a workshop. We had to walk on the bed of burning coals. So we were given two standing instructions. Do not run, do not stand. Just keep walking as smoothly as you can! Learned the lesson of life. Whenever there is a bed of burning coals in life, walk on it smoothly. Do not try to run from the situation to cross it quickly or do not stand. Just keep walking and you will come out unscathed. If you try to run you will burn and if you stand there, then also you would burn. So whenever there is a challenge in life, take it slowly, one day at a time and keep living through it. You will come out tougher and stronger. Do not worry about many days far in the future because we can never know. Things change every day. So take one day at a time and God definitely has a plan every day. Whatever is required for that day will be done.
Instead of that, start focusing on a better future and what kind of future you would like to have. Your focus will give you the direction and will create same for you.
