Everything Balances Out
Today was one of those days when you see the worst of human nature. When you begin to realise that friends are only ‘friends’ in name, When you begin to realise that relationships that have stood the test of time were only waiting for an opportunity to splinter and crack. When you begin to realise that words are being used to hurt, maim and kill the spirit. When you begin to realise that laughter can be unkind and spiteful. When you begin to realise that adults can be more calculatingly malicious than some unthinking children.
As I was leaving the college, after conducting my lectures, feeling miserable and shaken, I met a friend, out of the blue, a beautiful, smiling, genuinely warm person, who has gone through much misery in her very young life, but still stays positive. She went out of her way to resolve a problem I had. Back home, I was still troubled at heart, when a friend who had come into my life, by chance, on a trip to Kashmir, sent me a message asking me to stay positive, almost as though she had read my mind.
An acquaintance from one of the ubiquitous ‘whatsapp groups’ sent me another message of positivity. An ex student who lives half way around the world, in Canada, sent me a message of love and affirmation. And a soul sister from another College asked me, with genuine concern, how things were in my life.
It all balances out, you see. For every seed we sow, we reap a harvest. For every word that we let fall, there is a heart that is healed, or harmed. For every soul that we touch positively, there are ten wisps of flaming energy that head back into our life. For every heart that we conquer with love, there is a river of liquid, molten gold that flows back into our life.
I was hurt, broken, bruised in spirit. But like sunshine, starlight or moonbeams, like a winged blessing, these five people have reached out to me, all unknown, altogether, and helped me heal again.
When your life is dark, may this kind of light always lead you back onto the path.
Life is beautiful.
