Life In a Notebook

At times of misery whatever the underlying reason is, there are times when you feel hopeless, despaired , frightful, incompetent and all the other adjectives that will make you see the earth and all scenarios with a pessimistic point of view.
Pretty common, as always.
I can go on and on about this feeling, but if you’re continuing to read this, you and I both know the drill.
Many ways to cope up with this, many that I even I am working on (hope I instill these habits quickly and tell you all about it), some physical and some mental tasks.
But the one thing that works and works fast to be precise, is the feeling of gratitude.
Well, I know what you all must be thinking while I write this, “gratitude for the problems that I am having?” why and how?
Yes and a big yes. Feels weird to write this myself, but having problems is a privilege. Before you think that I am out of my mind give me at least 2 paragraphs in my defense.
Whenever a problem arises, there are two ways in which they are handled:
First, understanding and taking an action
Second, the famous art of letting go.
The fact that you are in these positions is a privilege, because if there is any way or any solution that can make you think of improving the current scenario that you are in, it’s a privilege. Many of you will say that there are problems that have no solution, in these times we just wait…. and my family, the fact that you can wait is also a privilege. Whenever you feel helpless, just close your eyes and start counting the things you have (not materialistic to be precise or maybe, well count whatever you feel like) the things that make you happy, safe, contented.
The answer will vary from person to person, but even if you are able to list one, you are privileged.
And to some of my loving readers who even now think that, “what if I can’t think of anything? “You always have you, and that’s a big concrete affirmation and thing nobody can ever take away from you. See, the world that we are in, the people that we are with, all of this, our lives our experiences that include heartbreak, learning and whatever we feel. We get over  most of the things and the things we don’t get over , become a part of who we are and what greater feeling there is to accept or make the thing or incident that broke us a part of us as a learning and just going with it ? Oh man, now that’s a superpower and to have all this a big privilege.
You know recently, I came across a lot of incidents that made me stop all my work for a few minutes and realize that the functional body and mind of our own which are the essentials and the bare minimum of living in today’s world is a privilege and we tend to forget it, always.
But, not from today. Think of this as a wakeup call and start practicing gratitude before it’s too late because there is always someone who would at times kill to be in the privileged spot that you are in, trust me.
As I have always said, there is no tough situation that our beautiful self can’t get us out of, have faith and oh, don’t forget to be grateful for what you have, it instills a sense of strength that makes you feel undefeated.
I share all these with you because I want the community that I have tried to build to be a bunch of people who try their best,  I don’t want anyone of you to feel defeated against your situations. They will get better, they always do. By till the time they don’t, you know how to use your superpower.

Yours truly, signing off (for now, geez relax)