Sometimes

Sometimes, just sometimes you come to face with a fear that refuses to relent. You know the way out and yet you do not know the way out. You have friends & family to ask advice and seek opinions. But really without even asking you know what each one will tell you. And then you realize that there’s no point in asking. You have all the time in the world and yet that’s not the solution. It keeps on nagging your mind. You eat, sleep, work and make merry and yet you cannot feel complete. Something that could possibly have been overcome becomes despair that starts consuming your mind. No one can recognize your strife and nothing changes on the surface. Inside you do not get one chance of escape from the walls that are closing in. As one last effort you start bidding for time. And then hell takes over.

You start indulging. In things you know will not provide respite. And yet cannot stop. You learn to hate yourself. You lose your passion. From a normal happy person you become a mediocre existing entity. No life. No interests. The change becomes too visible. Friends and family try to intervene. But by then help becomes intrusion. You close your world to everything and everybody. When the shit hits the fan you find your very existence meaningless. You start wondering if the only solution to end this all is to . . .

In the darkest of times, listen to yourself. For answers, search within. Spend time with yourself. If with all your abilities you can conjure up one hope for yourself, you are rescued. One right thought is all it takes to make a comeback. To fight the gangrening despair. To light up your mind and show you the way out. There is always one open door waiting to be discovered. Do all it takes to reach it. Fight for all that’s worth. One chance is all you have. But that one chance is what makes heroes out of men.

You can be your worst enemy.
You can also be your best friend.
All it really takes is belief; in yourself.
And then the whole universe will conspire for you.