Life is the name of purpose, struggle, love, dedication and a number of feelings and emotions. Life shows its true colours with time. It depends upon us how we look towards life and what is our strategy of leading an ideal life.

Life takes a number of turns during its whole span, it may become easy and it can get tough at times. Easy and happy times come and go without one having enough of it, but when tough time comes, it feels like never ending. These tough times actually test our courage and capacity of facing unfavourable situations. If we close our eyes to avoid hardships, it will ultimately make us cowards and we will believe that we do not have the courage to stand firm in front of any trouble.

Remember that striving hard to get rid of trouble is the key to success. And one cannot achieve it without standing firm and courageous. If there were no such thrills in life, it would be quite boring and monotonous. In other words, life tests you all the time.

According to author Tom Bodett, “Life is a different form of a teacher because teacher teaches a lesson and takes the exam but life takes exam first and then teaches a lesson.”

So friends, do not waste your life and live it with a purpose. Identify your aim, head towards your goal and spend your entire life in achieving it. This is what we call life. It is a wise saying that time waits for no one. Once it is spent, it is gone. We have to be wise in choosing our priorities so as not to waste any of our precious time. Keep on trying to get your goals and do not lose hope.

Paulo Coelho rightly said, “When you want something, the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

But the key element in life which keeps your morals high is hope. Always be optimistic and have faith in God. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes a slight inconvenience makes us think that we are unfortunate and life is cruel, but this is not the reality. Spread optimism instead of pessimism, it will light up your life positively.

Published in Dawn, Young World July 22nd, 2017