My moment of pushing towards a positive vibe and a
strong optimism came from the most unexpected corners of life. Those were the days of anxiety, struggle, and
fight for survival and bottlenecks at every turn in life.
In those vulnerable circumstances, one gets
pushed to a state of negativity, closed and absence from social life. However strong, emotionally balanced and
educated, intelligent and well behaved, some depressing circumstances make you
forget what you are. It was a day of
these dominant factors. I was working in
Raheja Towers in Mount Road, Chennai; one of the most architecturally beautiful
buildings of Chennai. I was driven with
all emotions that would have succumbed me unknowingly.
I went to the 9th floor of the building
and sat down staring at the passers-by in the road nearby. The steps were vacant and there was no one
around. The loneliness was what I felt
was the need of the hour. I did not
realize how depressing it can make a person.
I did not eat that afternoon and was just wanting to kill the hours, not
wanting to go home after my shift got over.
I was not happy to go home and face the negative people who created
toxic images in my life. I wanted to be
left alone. Left in my own world of
silence and oblivion. To an extrovert
person like me, this was the best self-punishment for not being positive.
Suddenly I heard loud noises and laughter coming
from the lift adjacent to the staircase.
I was so frustrated on that noise for spoiling my silent afternoon. I walked to the lift in anger, to see who the
hell are the people who are disturbing my so called ‘peace’. In less than fraction of a minute, my anger
flew off. That’s the first time I saw Siddharth
Jeykumar, happily smiling and laughing loud.
Siddharth fighting celebral palsy achieved greater
heights where most of the people of his condition would have been affected by
the sadness and demotivation of their own people and family. Sidh had a totally motivating family whose
main purpose was to ensure that Sidh lives in comfort, achieves what children
of his condition find it hard and to get him to education and employment in the
main stream definitely would not have been an easy journey.
I saw my close friend and colleague with him
in the lift and I jumped into the lift without a second thought. They were laughing that they forgot to get
down at 7th floor where the doc checking team works and they decided
to play up and down in the lift.
Giggling all the way they all went down the lift to the ground floor and
Sidh was cracking jokes all the while.
His positive energy was wide spread and it honestly lifted me from the
sense of loss to the sense of positiveness.
I decided to take my life in my stride, my control and in my choice.
If you leave your life in the hands of others, and
decision making for others to take for you, then you will be at loss only. The moment you smile away your grief, feel
that you are born this way to prove yourself and be sure of God’s plans for you,
you will leave all regrets outside the door.
For that is where the garbage is left every day. Why the hell do we
carry the garbage in our heads inside our homes and hearts? You don’t have choice for few relationships
in life, but you can always decide how you want to handle that
relationship. Keeping the bitter one’s
away may be initially tough; but that would make you feel better and happy in
the long run.
Sidh without knowing touched my life in a strange positive
way. He showed me that no matter what,
life is precious to be losing in regrets, fear, anger and past. Looking ahead and learning from past,
cherishing what we have than what we want will make our lives more
meaningful. We may not be rich to be the
country’s biggest philanthropists. But
you can give yourself, few things that don’t cost anything but hope and
optimistic thoughts. You can give
yourself happiness, hard work paving way to success, self-esteem and
determination making you successful.
Thank you Sidh…for you made me look back at life and
cherish the best I had. You inspired me
to look forward, be positive, be optimistic about life and looking forward at
future with hope and admiration and cherish the joy of living, giving and
celebrating life, the way it has to be.
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