The Ember Of Happiness:Stories of Resilience

  Often in life, we end up asking ourselves:  What could I have done better?  Especially when we are stuck or facing troubles, this question echoes louder within us. Do you agree that we rarely ask it when life is calm and everything feels right? But what if today, instead of blaming or regretting, we wrote a letter to our younger self – maybe from five years ago? What would you tell 'You'? Would you ask 'You' to make different choices, or simply remind 'You' to smile more, to breathe, and to live each day without fear of what the future might hold?

Have you ever the brought out the child in you ? Celebrating the little moments of joy can make us feel lively and happy just like our childhood - No worries and No racing thoughts on future.  Here are my moments of joy and happiness when I was a child and I am cherishing it even today . Read through them and maybe you will find your moments of joy as well. Sitting in a park or garden with a bare foot touching the grass , feeling the coolness , the tickle and the connect with nature. Breathing the earthy smell of soil just before it starts raining. The scent and the chillness is a pure peace. Taking a window seat in a travel and peeking out of window - The thought of 'Are trees moving with us ? '. Spotting 'The Magic Colors !'  ? - Yes the rainbow on a rainy day. The first hit of sun rays on the face during sunrise. Lying under the sky and gazing the stars at night. Hearing the birds chirp and guessing what they speak. Watching the sun playing hide and seek with clouds ...

  When I hear the word "breakthrough", I always remember "the seed". When a seed is buried deep in the soil, it is surrounded by darkness. But the seed trusted its process and built a strong deep foundation. Then it sprouted out of the darkness  🌱 , reaching for the sunshine🌞. To the world and people it looked like the seed's new beginning. But for the seed, it was not a new beginning at all.  The seed's true growth wasn't visible above the surface. It was a quiet moments of struggle and patience beneath the soil. No one knew how it made a breakthrough, how it had pushed all the odds to bloom  🌹 . The seed believed that it would see the light and it did. That's the power of breakthrough  💪. Just like the seed, in life we often go through the phase of darkness like struggles, challenges and setbacks. The setbacks in life don't mean it's the end. It is the start of a new beginning, making us stronger than we were. The struggles and challeng...

  Have you ever made a torrent  🌊  in a fish pot and watched closely what a fish  🐟  does  ? Fish swims against the water torrent , so that it doesn't get caught up in the twirls of water. Fish withstands the force and doesn't give up until torrent calms down . The Fish doesn't know the storm is coming , it doesn't know how long the torrent will last but still it keeps moving , trusting the chaos will settle and storm will pass . This was a story once my Father told and now it lives in me and I hope this story finds a place in your life too after reading. So in life if something unexpected happens , don't let it break you . Like a Fish, withstand it and swim forward. The storm in your life will calm and you will fell more powerful than ever before. - Lavanyha Arumugam