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Think it over

Embracing life at midnight

Triasha Paul

Abstract
Life shows us its different faces and man has to pass through them as a learning process and gain
experience from it. Here, we look at that kind of life which is full of darkness but because man’s
constant urge remains to change and grow, we will see through personal experiences and examples
how one can overcome the darkness and move into light.

“At the very moment when everything seems And it is this power that guides us and shapes
to go from bad to worse, it is then that we must our personality as we grow from a child into an
make a supreme act of faith and know that the adolescent. Each human being on this earth has
Grace will never fail us (1).” a purpose to fulfil and to understand that he
has to first understand the larger picture or the
A larger view of life master who is making the wheel of evolution
go round. Each suffering has a meaning, every
Life has so many different aspects for us. painful event brings a lesson and will continue
At times we sing and dance to our heart’s to come until we have learnt what nature wants
content, at other times we are constantly facing to teach us. So to crib or ask why we have been
challenges and often being pulled down by put in a certain situation only means we are
them. Why? What is it that causes the heart encouraging the suffering and reinforcing it in
to soar high in the sky or cry in a dark corner? our lives. Instead how simple it will be if life
Are all our miseries self-created or does life like can be confronted with a smile. Of course it’s
to give us sweet, sour, salty and bitter tastes to easier said than done, but who wants to do easy
experience? Where are the answers to so many things anyway? It is only when we challenge
questions? Maybe within us? Of course yes! our circumstances that we feel alive and only
when we confront our weaknesses there is a
Through experiences some of us attain an scope to grow stronger and progress in life.
early maturity in life. We jokingly say it among
friends: ‘Oh, we were born mature!’Perhaps Personal experiences
this maturity is backed by the Divine’s Grace,
which has a larger picture or reason for our life. Growing up in an abusive and emotionally

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