Its not always the darkness of the night when you don’t see
sunshine around
It may be the dark black clouds that know well that they can
never quite win the sky
But still don’t give up and stubbornly stand between
The shelters of the Heavens and eyes that seek its grace
Its not always a surrender when a river meanders around the
obstacles in its way
It may be the humility of the river to river to accept
opposition with respect
And its kindness not to destroy anything and everything that
challenges it
Its not always a failure when you don’t succeed in life
While success tells you what works, failures tell you what
doesn’t
Its not always the end of the road when you don’t reach your
chosen destination
Where the road you tread ends without taking you home, the
road chosen for you begins
Where there is life on the other side of the horizon
Its not always that the grass is greener on the other side
It may be the yellow glasses on your eyes that makes the
grass on your side of life look less green
Its not always that all people desert you in tough times to
fight alone
It may be your eyes that look only for faces that have
disappeared
And refuse to see those who continue to stand by you, more
than ever before
Its not always that tears are shed only in times of ultimate
unhappiness
Tears are shared equally by good and bad moments
Its not always that life is difficult per-se
It may be your memory that fails you in remembering the
brighter moments of life
Or your uncourteous heart that doesn’t value good memories
enough
Its not always that destiny is mercilessly cruel to you
It may be that you are getting in return form the world, the
unhappiness you gave it
Its not always that birds are not seen where they belong to
It may be that you too were at home when they returned to
theirs
Its not always that life takes away from you what you wanted
most in life
It may be that what remains with you is what you cant live
without
Its not always that you are unhappy when you are not happy
It may be that you are introspecting to find answers
To questions that make you restless and whose answers make
you peaceful
Its not always that its only the Divinity that tests your
grit
It may be your faith that sways in the winds of uncertainty
when you need it to remain unmoved the most
