Hope your Dad gets well soon. It might sound silly, but try to read one of those quick read books. Like Archie's comics or Khushwant singh joke books or O Henry short stories. With so much going on, I find it tough to keep up with a full fledged novel or even the self help books. This kind of quick reads bring that much needed smile to keep our stress levels in check.
Disclaimer: some of my experiences might look like fairy tale and sometimes it is very hard even for me to believe and if you are skeptical about it , I can very well understand you I am going talk only about my life’s positive experiences and its not like Thyagu sir’s Tom Cruise kind of action movies filled with rain of bullets, fight crash, Petrol bunk blast,mine is like Rajnikanth’s sweet revenge movies When I was 18, my dad’s business partners cheated us by not giving his shares , I told that Aunt and Uncle with teary eyes when everything in this world has attached with the price tag, then our tears will also have the price tag attached to it and We will definitely make our Dad proud and came out with my heart broken family. Like Viswa Sir, he took sankalp for his son’s welfare , I took sankalp to settle in abroad ( that was the biggest thing and unachievable goal for me at that time) to make my Dad proud. We all are well settled now. God listened to my prayer silently. Because I hated God like anything during that time. Finished undergrad, went for the first job and couldn’t survive there and in second job can’t handle the work politics and boss was very very unfair to me. Quit the job, with the broken heart ( sweet revenge mode on) promised myself that I am going to buy a butterfly wing door car (weird mind ) ( because boss had 4 or 5 Cars but nothing was with BF door car ) watched it in some hindi movie when I was very young .But didn’t even know that special car production was stopped .God listened to my prayer silently still I was not in talking terms with him. Resigned my govt job after marriage to settle in abroad. Landed in first job, faced more or less like Anika’s work place problem but harassment was related to work and the same unfair treatment. Yes history repeats quit the job and upgraded myself and landed in other job that was the next big step in our personal life we bought a house and same time I got laid off because of downsizing the company. I was blabbering to my hubby when it is dark enough we can see the stars quote. Like SGBV there was no job satisfaction and Tired of unstable job history again Sweet revenge mode on ( this time towards my inability to stay in the job) I promised myself that I am going to give jobs to people and not going to work for someone anymore. ( I always discuss with my siblings about running a business when I was very young and luckily my hubby’s goal was also the same and he is a huge Risk taker, see he married me . ) God listened to this as well. But next day onwards I applied for jobs since hubby was settled in a well paid job, i was doing temporary school related jobs to kill time. Slowly my deep wounds are starting to heal and I gradually made friends with God. Couple of years later We grabbed the business opportunity came on our way and risked with whatever we had. We are happy and content with our lives and I was called by my people sunshine, sweetheart, honey , darling and enjoying the pure love from those so innocent souls.I rather not say the sweet revenge story..but in the end once again we experienced the Almighty’s presence. Coming back to discontinued Butterfly wing door car ,My hubby surprised me on my birthday with Tesla Falcon wing door car . I never forget that pleasant “connected so close to God “feeling on that special day. Butterfly changed into Falcon. Struggles Yes of course I went through and still going through lots of problems/ challenges in my life.But I never wished bad for anyone even the ones hurt me or insulted me instead I take sweet revenge. Bad things - I buried deeply and I don’t want to give them the power to ruin my precious life. I’m thanking God for sending the guardian angels time and time again to protect us from most unfavourable circumstances.
ohh yea Archie's is just great... maybe with all my failures I see some simplicity in them... I dont want to intellectualize the comics, but its just fun and quick read. I dont have to focus on one thing for too long. These days Im just unable to finish a novel or even biographies .. I have Mitchel Obama's Becoming left half read for so long. So I assumemd you would also benefit from those quick reads.
I never thought of it that way Sweet revenge Like sweet tooth, but sweet revenge I really need to let this sink in The way my teen sink into chocolate bar I like this "sweet revenge" We tend to focus on the negatives, on the hurts. When I started this post I didn't even want to re-hash the details of my hurts because I feel I am bringing it back to life. I guess if you vow something in your Heart, that itself is a prayer! and i like
and i like my hubby’s goal was also the same and he is a huge Risk taker, see he married me . yeah, only After finishing my degree I realized that I can't live without him ,as soon as it hit me I was crying like anything because of the confusion about the fine line between love and friendship. I was crying when I expressed this to him..Duh... He was laughing with joy and said we all knew this except you ...waited all these years to hear about this from you I felt like an idiot...
But what if something is not wishful thinking, but it is God's Truth I guess we know it is God's Truth if He keeps showing signs over and over - even if we start to doubt it Of course "if things fall into place", we may be falling into a trap (life experience). But then God's Truth emerges. We get so excited as "things fall into place" that we may fail to hear God's Truth till it is too late.