Feeling quite emo this few days..its as if life is crashing down on me..what is the purpose of life? Does it even matter..?
It's not easy to actually be optimistic..all the hardships and hurdles that you have to overcome..they seem never-ending..
It has been 9-10 years of real hardship and suffering..when you look back..it may seem that it has been a really long journey..but the moment you turn around and look forward..you realise that the road ahead is even longer..and fraught with more dangerous challenges that you must overcome..
When you feel that you can't continue further..when your legs are starting to give way..you start to think about less fortunate people..looking back at all the shows, news and documentries that you have watched in the past..you watched how many less fortunate people have continued striving onwards despite the many tribulations that they have faced..they do not enjoy the luxury of having fresh, nutritious and clean food to eat..suffering from malnutrition, and even clean water-the most basic neccesity of any human being-is considered a luxury for them..despite the fact that you can obtain water at the turn of the tap..
When you look back..you realise that despite all these..they have never given up..they still strive on..trying to forge a better future for their future generations..in hope that they will never suffer what they have suffered..
At that moment..you realise..what you have gone through are nothing but minor setbacks..
there are many more people who have gone through worse conditions etc. but many have never given up..they still move on with their lifes..with only 1 purpose-to have a better future..
You look at yourself.
You realise that you are far much luckier than them..and yet you are giving up so easily just because of a few setbacks..whereas they have gone through so much more..and they still forge ahead..
You realise its too early to fall..the journey is not over yet..
You then realise that you are not the only 1 going through all this..your friends, cousins, almost anyone you meet on the streets..they are also going through what you are going through..
No matter how insignificant the challenges that you have managed to overcome may be..what you have done are what that makes you, you.
In many times you will feel like discontinuing on your journey..but you must always remind yourself that nothing is forever..just like the fact that nothing stays good or bad forever..when it seems bad things keep happening to you..you must still strive on and move onwards..there will definitely be a time when things will pick up..
That is why you must rise up to the challenges that you face.
Strive to the end.
Never back down, never give up, never lose hope,
Live life..to the fullest.
That, is what keeps me going.
