Ups and downs in life

A little boy named James was living a very comfortable and luxurious life with his parents.  When he was at 13 years, someone claimed all the properties of his father. His father fought legal fight for 2 years, and by that time, he lost his all bank balance. And at last, he was defeated in the legal fight, and lost the right of the property. That was an intestate property. They migrated from that state to another state. Needless to say, there was a tremendous survival issue in front of them. His father was unable to bear the loss, and after a few months he got a major cardiac attack and he lost his life. There was a tough time ahead for James and his mother. His mother was unable to do a job, because she had B.P and diabetes. All the responsibility was on James. James was 15 years at that time. He was doing small-small jobs to run the family. He was getting insulted and humiliated everywhere. James thought to commit suicide multiple times, but whenever he was thinking, the face of his mother was coming in front of him, and he receded. On the other side, after losing everything, his mother also thought to commit suicide multiple times, but whenever she was thinking, the face of James was coming in front of her, and she receded from the cowardly act. Hence, for each-other, they had to survive.

James thought, I cannot be cowardice, I have to live for my mother, and I have to bring her happiness back. I have to bring the lost prestige of my family back. That was his goal and dream too. But …. How …. ? That was the biggest question before him. He had no good college education, so, chances were less to get a good job. And he had not capital to start a business with.

We should not forget that God has created everyone with some specific and unique talent. The talent of the person is the real capital; the talent of the person is the real education. Very few persons recognize it, understand it, use it and enjoy it, and the majority dies even without knowing their talent.

Whenever, James became sad, he was making some sand art near the beach. A movie director was looking for a fabulous sand artist. Many people came to interview, but he was not appeased. One day he was wandering on the beach and saw James`s art, and that was impressive for him. Next day, he waited for James, When James came and approached to him and said that he was ready to pay any amount for this art and hence he signed James for his movies as a sand artist. His work was appreciated and soon he got many contracts, and in a couple of years, he became multi-millionaires. He opened his art classes, and earned multiple times what his father had lost. He regained his lost prestige of his family.

 Ups and downs of life are a temporary and transitory feather; it comes and goes at regular interval, like weather.

To maintain the rhythm of life, we need to accept both happiness and distress equi-poised. Sometime its repetition is longer and sometime it is shorter. If you have success in your hand, it does not mean that you will not get a failure in your life or vice-versa.

The wise understand it and ignorant bewilder on this. The fruit of life is the result of the churning of ups and downs of the life, and the taste of the fruit depends how you confront vicissitude of life.

Ups and downs in the life are not the punishment, but it is a process, it is a pattern of getting a quality life and understanding its value.