Once upon a time

Once upon a time..
They lived happily ever after.
One must have read these opening and ending lines respectively many times and wondered 'Is life this simple?'

It may seem so but it is not because you never can be sure of 'living happily ever after' part. Very few people in the world would have had this luxury. But don't they deserve it? 'They lived happily ever after' itself denotes the enormous struggle one would have had to face before reaching that stage (at least in stories).

Have I faced struggle in my life or Everything has been given to me on a platter? Actually I havn't reached the stage where I can contemplate this.

So what is it that I want to communicate? There is struggle in life and without it there is no life. If you say, you haven't faced struggle in your life than you have not lived. Who does not want to have an efficacious life? For that to happen you need to fight and not lay low and let things come unto you.

Recently I was reading a piece on How a terminally ill 19 year old does wonderful paintings and write beautiful poems. It is a gift and it needs to be shown to the world. But unfortunately, he does not have much time. Doesn't adversity bring out the best in one. Would he have been really as good a painter, if he was all well. We would not know. I am not trying to undermine anyone here but just thinking aloud.

You work. You reap.

But not all. Some people keep working their whole life, expecting the harvest time to come soon. But it may never come. Someone else may reap the benefits.

One can question, is the world fair? It is definitely not. Though it might be on a macro level. The law of averages work here. But on an individual level, on a micro level does this fairness holds. Is there a happy time always after a not so happy time. Not for everyone.

You do your part, rest will take care of itself.