October 31, 2006

Blessing in Disguise

There was a time when I used to think most events in life are curses in disguise. They lure you with the promise of happiness but never give you enough and sometimes just result in the opposite.

Well, recently some events have changed my viewpoint. And ironically this has happened when faced with testing circumstances. I am beginning to feel that Life itself is a Blessing in Disguise. The disguise being this world of illusion (maya). We go through ups and downs, lows and highs but each event, each problem teaches us something new, makes us stronger. This experience and strength will stay with us forever while such events keep coming and going with time. On hindsight, we realize that the learning experience through such testing periods is much more enriching than the temporal pain or discomfort we have to face.

Whenever we come across a problem, if we take it as a challenge, an opportunity to improve, treat it as a blessing in disguise, not only will the complementary discomforts appear minor and manageable but we should be able to handle the problem better!

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