You can see the stars only when it is dark

The saying, “Only in the darkness can you see the stars” by Martin Luther King helps you deal with the hard times in your life. Hardships in life direct you towards better things in life. One can appreciate high times in life only if they have at any time experienced low times in their lives. Every good thing in life essentially comes in opposites: Rich/Poor, Dark/Light, Happy/Sad, Good/Evil, beauty/ugliness. Even the beautiful roses come with thorns. Thus when darkness approaches, one should be assured that light is somewhere nearby and would come soon.

So next time you find yourself lost in darkness and despair, remember that the stars can be best appreciated when the night is dark.

Happiness increases by sharing

Thousand of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle would not be shorted. Happiness never decreases by being shared.  Happiness always increases by sharing. Similarly depression/sadness always decreases by sharing.  So multiply your happiness and divide your sorrows by sharing.

failure is a blessing in disguise

The failures in life can either make you or break you. It is up to you how you take it, whether you fight with troubles and rise above them or you let those troubles destroy you. Ups and downs in life can make you strong and bring out the best in you. However, they can also completely break you if you let them take hold of you. 

A hero lies within you

A hero lies within all of us. All that is required is to recognize this hero and to assess our true potential. Adversities in life often help us in recognizing and bringing out our best.

Can you identify this with yourself?

Did any adverse situation in life helped in bringing out the hero within you? 

Bitter or better?

Life would have its own ups and downs. It is your choice whether you choose the better and forget the bitter or do the opposite. It entirely depends on you whether you emerge as a victor or become a victim of adverse situations in life.

What would you do: turn bitter or better?

Life is about the choices we make

Life lies between B and D i.e. birth and death. In between B and D lies C, which stands for choice. Life is therefore all about the choices we make. These choices define us, our character, and our worth and impact our lives. The hard thing, however, is to live with these choices. These various choices are described below:

Choice of happiness versus sadness: Only you can decide if you want to be happy or not.

Choice of forgiveness versus ruthlessness

Choice of positive versus negative

Choice of aggressive versus peaceful

Choice of Greed versus generosity

Resilience is a choice

Just as happiness is a choice, resilience is also a choice. Resilience helps one prepare for disruptions in life, and adapt and grow in the face of adversity and setbacks. It will also help one recover from shocks and stresses in life. There is no human being in this world that has not come across an adversity at some point of his/her life. It is easy to give up in face of the circumstances. However, what make a person successful is never to give up, no matter what life presents to him/her.