The hide and seek

We only value the light if we have seen the darkness. There comes a phase in our lives when worry and doubts become our sole companions. They follow us like shadows and life seems to be so colourless and irksome. You feel as if your journey has come to a standstill and there is no vision of a road ahead. That's the time where one feels drained out of ideas and definitely stressed out. 

If you are finding yourself in such kind of trouble, then it's time to reflect and not to overburden yourself. The first step is to accept that there is a problem. The problem maybe existing in your surrounding or sometimes it is created by yourself. We create problems for ourselves by worrying unnecessarily about certain matters. I have experienced this to the fullest and it's a terrible feeling when the first emotion that emerges after waking up in the morning is anxiety. 

If your problem is internal in nature created through excess of anxiety, then the time has come to do little interrogation with yourself. Whether it's the fear of drowning as you learn to swim or the fear of failing in a particular task, just ask yourself one simple question: will my journey end if my worst fear becomes successful enough in shaping itself as a reality? What would be the most possible harm it could inflict upon me? Asking oneself such questions would be a boon in curbing anxiety to some extent.

Problems devised by ourselves could be controlled by handling our thoughts with a new perspective. But there are certain issues which seem to go out of control and so a belief that 'this may also pass' lends you with an assurance of a better future. We only value the light if we have seen the darkness. Lessons are learned and tactics are imbibed during these dark times. If we follow them, we will find the light which enjoys playing hide and seek with us. Hence such phases hold their own significant position in our journeys, as we march towards our dreams and destinies.

The ghost

We seldom realise about the ghost we rear within our minds. Without our knowledge, it influences us, snatches away all our happiness and most importantly threatens our life's guardian which is confidence. This influential process is slow, frequent and very deep. The very reason of that catastrophic voice being frequent in nature makes it an integral part of life and as it then seems inseparable, we bow down to the irksome power of the ghost.

You maybe wondering who is this ghost. To get your answer, recollect the times wherein you felt that you are absolutely incapable of doing your tasks. The interest and passion which are the prerequisites to catch a glimpse of the glowing success suddenly seems to go off balance and you find yourself lying on the bed and weeping. Are you to be blamed for this? No, of course not. The one to be blamed is none other but the ghost who at the first place made you feel that you are utterly impassionate towards your job.

We accept it as in a way we listen to whatever it says. The word 'quit' starts ringing in our ears which reflects lack of confidence and all we wish to do is distance ourselves from others and get ourselves buried under the realm of fear of failure. That is why we wish to quit. It makes one think that the problems would disappear and one would free oneself from the burden of responsibilities. But can escape through a narrow pathway be considered as a solution?

That narrow pathway could give us a temporary sense of relief but it would lead us to a place of regret and miseries. So what have we actually achieved? We took a decision of escapism in misery which again landed us in a deeper well of misery. All because we permitted the ghost to linger in our minds. Does it carry any worth? How could there be any as there is only pain and no effort?

Many a times its we who create problems for ourselves. If we created the lock, we could also design the key suitable for it. We all know that it is complex at times. But all we could do is rise. Rise with belief. Belief held strong to the core of your heart could diminish the dominance of the ghost. If analysed through the lens of the positive perspective, the ghost was born just to test you and me. Passing this test would help us to pass in the ones produced by the other walks of life.