My heart…and me......

My heart…and me......

All of us who have fallen into this web called life are moving toward the goal of escaping from it.  

Yet, from the moment we fall into this web until the day we leave it, we assign ourselves many roles and enact them upon the world’s stage.  

Whether we wish it or not, this drama continues to unfold.  

But if we act with sincerity, the time we spend within this web can become joyful.  

A life without problems never exists for human beings.  

Then why do some appear to live without any troubles at all?  

That is what Bharathi called an “illusion of sight.”  

Those who take the knots of life’s problems as challenges, and find joy in untying them, seem to live happily.  

But that does not mean they are free of difficulties.  

What we consider the greatest problem becomes small when faced with something larger.  

It makes us marvel at life’s strange proportions.  

I knew a friend who, after returning from abroad, wished to settle overseas with his family.  

He tried four times and failed.  

He faced financial troubles.  

Yet he did not despair.  

He kept his smile unchanged.  

He intensified his efforts.  

He worked harder than before, gathered resources, and tried again.  

To everyone’s surprise, he succeeded, moved abroad with his family, and began a new life.  

Even there, while others complained of “bad luck,” he built his own business, gave his children a better education, and raised his standard of living.  

And still, the same smile stayed on his face.  

He never forgot those who supported him during his struggles.  

This happened more than forty years ago.  

Even today, he keeps in touch with me, simply because I once offered him small help.  

Why do I share this?  

Because in life, we must not ride the horse of boredom.  

We must choose the horse of effort, and steer it with the reins of hard work.  

And along the journey, we must cultivate the habit of enjoying the good moments that appear before us.  

I speak these thoughts as a fool who realized them only after time had passed.  

“To live somehow” is one extreme.  

“To live in a certain way” is another.  

Life becomes complicated when caught between these two.  

Wisdom lies in learning to live in a balance between them.  

The dirt on our own back is never visible to us,  

but we become experts at spotting the dirt on others.  

Human life lies between the animal and the divine.  

It is easy to become animal-like, but impossible to become divine.  

Yet if our life’s direction is a journey from the animal path toward the divine path, that itself is the sign of moving toward the right goal.  

Life is meant to be experienced,  

to be enjoyed,  

to be revered.  

But all our experiences, joys, and reverence must remain within the boundaries of humanity.  

That is the true way of living.  

I have let many opportunities slip away without realizing their weight.  

Only after they passed far beyond me did I recognize them, when I was too immature to understand.  

Now?  

Has wisdom fully matured?  

No.  

But on this journey, truths are becoming clearer little by little.  

Sharing those truths with dear hearts makes the journey sweeter.  

I will speak again.  

With love,  

Sakthi Sakthithasan