Whatever Happens ...

Feeling terrible today. The world doesn't seem a brighter place when watched from the deepest of your blues, I realize this today. Missing all those people whom I lost in my life on way till now. Just thinking about them makes me wonder what life would have been had they been still with me. My dad, for example. Would I be in this field of advertising, be able to carry on this frequent change of jobs, and now enter the fields of acting in theatre and modeling? Would I be able to leave home early and come back as late as 11 in the night? There would be several changes...life would just be totally different. That makes me realize that life takes its own course just like a smooth stream running down the brooks. You cannot turn it to any random direction you want just by placing a few stones in its path. My favorite adage proves right again: "Whatever happens, happens for a reason". But then, this realization comes a tad late for a person who's suffering the bad patch.

I once read a story about a man who went through the worst day of his life just to realize that all that happened to him was meant for his own better sake. On way to a holiday resort with his wife, his car crashed down in the middle of nowhere, witnessed an avalanche just a few miles ahead...everything that was indicative of a "bad-journey-day" happened to him.

He felt depressed and cursed God for not letting him enjoy the little pleasures of life like enjoying a vacation with his wife. Later, as he reached the resort, he learnt that it had been burnt down by a wild fire from the forest that engulfed it. He was told that he was indeed lucky to have reached there so late...he was saved from losing his and wife's lives in the fire. For a moment, he stood there stunned, not knowing what to say.

He realized in a flash that "Whatever Happened, Happened For A Reason".

It was just only when he was out of the bad patch, that he realized the importance of those events in his. Every event, good or bad is there in your life for a reason.

I guess, all those "bad spots" in my life too have a strong role to play...a fact that the i should keep in my mind no matter how scary the darkness of the "tunnels"...