“One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imagination” — G.K. Chesterton
Life is different for every individual, perspectives change from person to person. Some people say that life is like a playground, whereas for others it is a battlefield. Some may say that life is a bed of roses, others say life is a garden of thorns. Each one of us judges life from our own experiences. So, we cannot say that one’s understanding of life is foolish and meaningless. But lives of great men, who have faced life successfully prove that the best way to deal with life is to consider it as a challenge. We should realize the fact that life is neither a bed of roses, nor a bed of thorns, but it is a combination of both good and bad. We can enjoy the sweet fruits of success only when we learn to accept the fact that the bitter fruits of suffering and sacrifice.
Most of us are not very much pleased about the idea of suffering in life. The very thought of it makes us sad and moody. Though all of us like to lead a life free from suffering, pain and problems we cannot escape from them. That’s why we say that suffering is the sharp reality of this world. It is not that we should not do anything to free human life from the sufferings, it is experiencing today. Don’t consider a problem as the end of the universe. We have always heard that when one door is shut hundreds of doors get opened. The greatness of man lies not in having a free life from all kinds of problems, but in facing the challenges courageously. If we are not mentally courageous we will not be able to deal with them successfully. We might have made an attempt and failed in it. But it should not make us depressed or we should not lose hope on account of our failure. Failures must make us think where we are wrong.
