Good Times, Bad Times

There are good times. There are bad times. Both don’t continue in perpetuity. A good run always has an end. Bad predicaments too come to a close one day. This is the enigma of life.

My little experience has convinced me the above is true. There are times when I feel good with the way things are going for me. The achievements I made in different aspects keep my spirits high and I am on Cloud Nine. My confidence in my abilities grow and I have a positive attitude towards everybody. It rarely occured during such moments that something could go amiss. Then, suddenly, out of the blue, in the least expected way, something goes wrong, something as insignificant as committing a faux pas in an official meeting and the thoughts correspondingly go downhill. I rue over what I could have conveniently avoided with some carefulness on my part and not simply trusted people blindly. I then live over the bad feeling till nature take its own time to erase it from my consciousness and I remember them no more.

Strangely, there are also times when bad streak never seem to come to an end. One sour event is followed by another, one mistake is compounded by another and the mental load keep piling up. I once committed a silly mistake during my college days. The warden of my hostel misunderstood what I wanted to communicate to him. Thinking that I had a perception of him in a certain unfavourable light, he developed a bad impression about me. It made my life really unpleasant for the period he was there. It was difficult for me to tell him myself what my real intention was at that young age and time and reverse his thinking. Only somebody in kind gesture could do me that favour, for the sole reason that he would not believe me anymore. But, as mentioned earlier, bad times too come to an end. A new warden took over and my stay in the hostel are sweet memories now.  

The fact is that you cannot avoid the two phases of circumstances. It is not whether you like it or does not like it. To put it simply, this is the way of life. Good times come and go. Bad times prevail off and on. I agree, we have learned to accept this, but it is only that, being human we are hard-pressed when the going gets tough. There may be many ways to cope with such events. Lifestyle Gurus suggest measures which are appealing. Clinical Psychologists may also give scientific methods to overcome them or cope with them better. There are many more. But, what I feel beyond doubt is that coping with the Ups and Downs of life is easier when we cling to our Faith.  A murmur of prayer bring a lot more good than it seem potent. Needless to say, “ A little walk with Jesus is all we need ”, to help us carry on.

Maybe, a particular bad day prompted me to write. Maybe, a Lord’s day well-spent to talk of tiny footprints in faith.  Maybe, a mere expression of the passion to write. Maybe, a combination of all.