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.