LIFE…….TO BE CHERISHED
People often say that there comes a time in every adolescent’s life called the “teenage phase” which is a crucial and very difficult period to be dealt with. It is a phase when the teenagers undergo great many changes in their personal and public life, are flooded with a plethora of emotions and opinions and are even confronted with a number of problems be in the form of their biological developments, their academic life and decisions or their personal choices. This is the period when they witness great psychological transformations. They learn to imbibe certain traits in their behaviour and mould their personality and character in the process.
As they endure all these numerous changes and happenings at the same time, the teenage period is characterized as quite challenging and difficult to cope up with by both the adolescents as well as their parents.
I remember my teenage days……..I used to be very moody, keep on getting irritated at the most trivial things. One of my aunts used to say that such behaviour is common for the teenagers. Many a times I unnecessarily made a fuss and then tried to reason it with the so called teenage difficulty period. Now when I ponder upon those days, I realise that much of the incidents were consciously done rather than as a result of that teenage thing. It is the perception of the people that characterises or projects these phases as difficult or easy. In my opinion, it is not just the teenage period which can be specifically charted out as a phase of a person’s life which is strenuous to be dealt with. A person, throughout his life, is always entangled in a cobweb of problems and choices. One is constantly resolving his inner conflicts in an attempt to find the true purpose of his life, to find that inner peace or satisfaction.
Life is a journey full of thrills and surprises, and ups and downs. Every human being has to go through the different phases of their life, some pleasant while others painful. I read an article where it was stated that a problem free life or that unchallenged by any difficulties soon becomes dull and inactive…the very essence of life dies out. It is the difficulties, problems or challenges that make life worth living. If we constantly think of the problems or difficulties happening in our life we will never be happy. So instead of worrying about the problems we should rather try to focus on the positive aspects of ourselves, our life and the world around us………...we need to change our perspective and view the problems as the spices of life which in whole makes our journey delicious and worth living. The XIV Dalai Lama has very well said that trying circumstances provide us with invaluable opportunities to practise tolerance and patience.
Every phase of life is unique and enthralling in its own way. So try cherishing them in the best possible way because once gone you will never get the chance to revel in them again.