Life has always shown me that no matter where you are in life, might that be a happy moment or a sad one, at one point it ends. You can find yourself in the midst of a storm, which makes you feel as if it will never end and this storm in your life forever, but a few days pass and while you are still there the storm has passed to give way to more calmer and sunny days.

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At least when I am in the storm, at times I lose control of my ship, my direction and the sense of time, everything feels stagnant, it feels as if the waves will turn the ship over and I am just unable to do anything. At the same time, I have also had this realization that there is a reason why my ship is in the storm because I Choose to leave the safety of the harbour, I realized that the only way to go forward in life, the only way I will be happy with my life is when I leave the comfort and safety of the harbour, when I do something that is bigger than myself, which not only changes my life but also impacts the world. I realized that there is no point of having a ship and leaving it docked in the harbour. Because one of these days you won’t be around to take it out and the one who has provided you with the ship might just take it back or you might just forget about it altogether. I have seen so many ships around me, which have never left their harbours. Who choose to stay within the safety of the harbour, never wandering outside to the distant worlds around them, never questioning the daily events, never really taking the time to truly understand themselves and I have realized that, that is not a life I want to live, A life in which I am following the current, I have realized the only way to leave a dent in this world, to do something bigger than yourself and to be able to actualize your self-worth, you need to guide your ship through these storms, to be persistent, hopeful, believing in your prayers and in your ability to move forward in growth.

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There is an enormous world out there, there is no point in keeping your ship in the harbour and letting it rust away. As I see it, we are all travelers in this world, traveling within and outside of ourselves. Some people find their destinations very early in their lives and are happy with them. Some people have this feeling of a constant longing and an urge to search for something within ourselves, something that keeps poking at our hearts, makes us wander around our inner universes, makes us not settle for what is not meant for us, makes us push for something that we can’t comprehend or see with our eyes but rather feel through our hearts and minds. This feeling of reaching out to something out there, this feeling that something is calling out our names but we can’t really find the exact direction. It is this deep sense of finding our way and charting our own paths, of not following the norms of the society, of going against what others have done before us, of being called crazy, late on our journeys or of being compared or comparing ourselves with the journey of others.

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It is this frenzy of constant back and forth between our heart and mind, this constant battle of self-belief and self-criticism, this battle for achieving the impossible or assimilating into the norms of the society. Constantly challenging ourselves to go the extra mile, pushing the limits of what we can do and what we believe we can do and in between all this we have times where we face failure, we face challenges, we face defeat ,we face our demons, we face depression, we face being ostracized for being different, for being weird because we do not fit the mold of this society.

We might even fall off course, nothing that is worth something is easy to achieve and what can be worth more than to actually, truly find yourself and what you are actually capable of doing, finally going against all of your self-doubts and negative thoughts, finally discovering a new island as your ship leaves the storm, finally realizing that, if you had never left the harbour you would never have discovered who you really are, who you have always been meant to be, who has been calling to you all this time, to lead you towards your destiny.

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When we look up into the stars, there is an incredible sense of wonderment, a sense of gratitude, a deep understanding of our place in this universe. Similarly, the more we look within our selves, the more we realize the depth of our being, the more we feel comfortable within ourselves, the more we start being honest with ourselves, the more we feel connected with ourselves, the more we understand, how less we know about ourselves and how much more we still need to discover about this person called me.

I just wanted to share with you, that it is completely all right to go through a hard time, to not be that A grade student or to be that A grade student but not have to pretend to be something you are not. It’s ok to not go for a job for the sake of vanity, Its ok to share with people how you are feeling, its important to accept your emotions, It’s necessary to share what you are going through, your experiences and your thoughts because “YOU” are “WE” all are living unique lives, we are each 1 in 7.53 billion. Think about that for a moment, “THERE IS NO OTHER YOU IN THIS WORLD” your story is important, you are important no matter what you are going through or what I am going through there is always someone who has either gone through that, is in a worse condition or is going through a similar situation as you. When we share our stories, when we become vulnerable about our stories, we create a ripple effect in this ocean of humanity, we start connecting with all the other ships in this storm with us, we create a much stronger connection between our universes. When we share our stories we naturally feel less burdened, we feel accepted and we inspire each other.



Believe me when I say this, I have been in a place since the past year, wherein I was constantly not being myself, I was forcing myself to be someone I am not, I was losing my smile, I was losing my self-confidence, my ability to connect with people, comparing myself to others and constantly thinking negatively about my own self. All this because I simply didn’t realize that I was not being honest with myself, not realizing that my story is worth it, that I have been privileged to have had the experiences that I have had, most importantly that it is in my own power to shape any experience in my life, might that be a bad one or a good one. I can either choose to take the positives from it or get stuck on the negatives without learning anything.

Well, this started as an Instagram caption and here we are, I honestly just wanted to share with you in as many words as I possibly can, how I feel at this moment, that we only have this one life, this one blip on the scale of infinite time, that I have realized this now and I believe that you always have time, time to give yourself a second chance because everyone deserves a second chance, most importantly YOU and ME. The only way to go forward is to jump towards our fears, to take our stresses and hard times head on, to believe and believe and believe in ourselves, our prayers and our commitment to doing something bigger than ourselves.

So that one day, we are able to guide another ship out of the storm.