The Strength of the Human Spirit

The strength within..the human spirit..the fighter instinct!! There are so many ways to describe the amazing courage and resolve that we humans are capable of showing.

Like they say, you get to know how strong you really are only when being strong is the only choice you are left with. Destiny tests us in so many ways, it could be a broken relationship, the passing over of a loved one, a chronic illness or even something as trivial as failing an exam. But these are the situations which test our true mettle. Life surely throws some very unpleasant surprises at times and these either break us or make us even stronger. I know its easier said than done, but believe me, life has thrown some pretty tough ones my way too. Sometimes the misery is too much to bear and all I want to do is throw in the towel and end it all at once. But somehow, a voice at the back of my mind asks me to push some more. I cannot be a coward. If this is how it all has to end, then I might as well go down fighting. From a person who used to wallow in self pity and cry at the drop of a hat, I have turned into someone who is giving a tough competition to destiny today...with all my might. Either I emerge victorious on the other side, or go down fighting. Thats what my spirit tells me, every-single-day. So, to everyone who is fighting a tough battle out there, I'll say keep up the fight, dont let the demons slay you, keep the flag soaring high. One day you will be rewarded for your courage...if not here, then in the next world for sure. Let Him test you as much as He wants, coz He is the Almighty and He alone knows why you are being put through these trying times. The body will wither, but the spirit will remain...and ultimately find peace when it merges with the Source. An incredible example of what we just read about...the amazing strength of the human spirit!

True Love Hurts...

How much sadness can a human heart handle? Well, I guess it depends on what makes you sad. Your sadness might mean nothing to me and vice versa. Why is our heart such a fragile thing? Why is it so hard to erase certain emotions, certain memories? Some of them are ages old...yet as new and as painful as fresh wounds. Does the heart never learn? Yes Im talking about the same old, same old. LOVE. Love...when you are lucky enough, it fills your life, your heart, every atom of your being with unbelievable happiness. But when you aren't that lucky..then it snatches away all that you ever had, and then some more. Time passes, yet seems to stand still. I feel I have come so far yet there are moments when it takes me by surprise. I have pushed away the memories in the farthest corner of my heart, yet it feels as if sometimes its right there in my face. In full force. The pain is so much that I don't even feel it. Its not even pain..its this indescribable feeling of everything coming together in the flash of a second. As if all the moments spent together, the good, the bad and the worst..all of it has somehow come together in one moment and my heart is feeling all those emotions at once. The love, the fights, the making up, the cheating, the betrayal, the heartbreak, the hurt, the hate, the love again...everything! What will become of me? Will I ever come out of this self imposed prison? Will I ever be free? Will I ever love again? I want to. I want to be free. I want to feel the same way again. I want to be able to love without having to justify it or force it. I don't want to remember you. I don't want to remember how I loved you and I don't want to remember what you did to me. I don't want to hate you. I don't want to 'anything' you. I was, I am .. a believer in the good that universe has to offer. I believe in true love. You never did. Then why should I suffer for your non-belief, for your cheating, for your betraying ways. I feel I deserve to be with the ONE for me. I believe ..I still believe I will one day have what's due to me. I hope and I wish there comes a day when even the memory of you vanishes and the slate becomes clean. Its ironic, isn't it..the one I couldn't imagine life without, is the one thing about life that I wish to forget..forever. I will begin again..I know I will.