Why Me?
Does this
question sound familiar to you? Have you ever felt this way – why me? I have
heard this question asked by friends, relatives, colleagues all my life. And my
response has always been – why not you? From very early in life I had learnt to
accept that whatever happens, happens for a purpose and that it is always for
the good. I have no idea from where I embraced that attitude – it has most
likely something to do with my past birth!
When
something good happens in life nobody says – why me, why not someone else?! It
is only when something ‘bad’ happens that one starts getting such feelings.
Whatever happens in life happens because it is good for you. It is helping you
work out your karma, it is helping you climb to a higher plane of consciousness.
We need to have the courage to face all such tough situations in life and move
forward. The longer we wait thinking that the situation will go away if we do
nothing, we put ourselves in danger of being badly affected. Recently I read an
interesting story – a son in his twenties and his father were driving home from
their farm when a massive storm, with high wind speed and blinding rain hit
them. Visibility became almost zero – there were lots of cars parked on the
highway waiting for the storm to pass. The son wanted to stop too as he was
finding it difficult to drive in such near impossible conditions. But the
father told him not to be afraid, keep to the center of the road, look ahead
and drive slowly, keep moving. So, in spite of his doubts he listened to his
father and after an hour or so they had passed the storm and come into the
sunlight. The father told his son to stop the car now. The son was puzzled, “You
told me not to stop when the storm was at its peak, and you are asking me to
stop when it is nice and bright!” His father told him to look behind at the
highway – the son was astonished – the storm was still raging and cars which
had stopped had been blown over by the wind and many people were trying to hide
from the storm, get out of cars which had overturned, etc.
Life is
like that – when times are tough, we just have to ride the storm, not ask – why
me? Everything happens for a purpose, face what life throws at you with a smile
and you will always be happy. Always look ahead, keep moving, don’t stop as
that could mean a full stop – that is the lesson!
Meditation helps
you get that outlook in life, calms you from within and gives you tensile
strength and never say die attitude to face life as it comes. May we all find
our inner strength through regular meditation – that is my prayer to the Almighty!
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