Sorrows Are Sacred

Like the pendulum of a wall clock, life oscillates between joys and sorrows, loss and gain, victory and defeat. 

Raptures and melancholies are but the light and shade of life. Without light and shade no picture is clear. 

Happiness as well as griefs are integral part of life, one should take them in one's stride, stoically. 

There has never been any human being on this planet who has not experienced the ecstasies of joy and pains of sorrow. 

One should however neither be overjoyed at one's joys nor be sombre with one's sorrows. 
Believe me, these are just two sides of the same coin! 

My father, a spiritual person, once told me, " Son, the things and beings that may give happiness to one today, these very things and beings would be the cause of one's miseries in the future ". 

About two years ago, one of my friends ecstatically told me that his only son had got admission in a renowned university in USA, for a much sought after course. 
He was so elated that he gave a grand party to all his friends at Mountview Hotel. 
For some time, he boasted about his son's achievement to whoever he came in contact with. 
But now, unable to bear the separation pangs, my friend has become a chronic depression patient. 

More than joys, I value sorrows much. 
For me, sorrows are sacred. 
They unearth hidden potential. 
Hitherto unknown creative energies are released when one tries to find solutions to the onerous problems. 

I believe that one can't understand life in totality without undergoing pains, ordeals.  

कोई समझेगा क्या ऱाज-ए-गुलशन
जब तक उलझे ना कांटों से दामन 

It is only during the times of sorrow that one remembers, chants the Name of God, which according to me is the raisondetre of human life. 
Renowned mystic Kabir has rightly written : 

दुःख में सुमिरन सब करे सुख में करै न कोय। 

~ Sanjay Gargish ~
Life is kind enough to impart invaluable lessons though sometimes in unkind ways. Jotting down my ruminations, life experiences for my loved ones so that they may live each and every moment fully.

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