Life begins at the other side of despair

 “ life begins at the other side of despair “

A quote by Jean Paul Sartre. He said it more than 50 years ago and how relevant it is even today. Each one of us has had the experience of extreme despair when we lost our hope, our motivation and sometimes even will to live. It might have been financial crisis, a heart break , death of a loved one, a denied promotion or something else but felt our life has come to an end. 

Then out of nowhere we heard some one talking about turning our life around, read a poem or an article which resonated with hope, found a guru or the teeny weeny voice within us squealed and gave us the push to carry on. Isn’t it? I have been through a bad patch in my life when no one knew my despair but I was breaking inside. 

But the human spirit is indomitable and it bounces back after every setback. I am reminded of the king Nahush who being a human was promoted to be the king of heaven and was misled by devtas. They couldn’t tolerate a human to rule over them and so spoiled him with wine and women. One day he insulted the seven sages and they cursed him to become a serpent. When he was being thrown out from heaven, he said I am a human and I shall rise again and conquer. 

Only we the humans have the ability to rise like a phoenix and rebuild our life. And every crisis makes us stronger and wiser. Ayn Rand wrote ‘We The people ‘on human spirit. 

How many times you have had to face extreme pain and how did you handle it? Has it made you a stronger person? I bet it has. Do share.

Let’s celebrate the human spirit. 

So be it !!!