Life, Losses, Loneliness, Leadership and Lessons!!
Self Reflection
Hello 2025, you have not been kind. Thank You!
As far as my memory can stretch back, there was no such moment where life was this hard. Be it loss of my father (Dec 2024), the stress, lack of sleep, financial instability, physical and emotional burn out, the feeling of loneliness - Every single thing that can go wrong, is going wrong and probably will go wrong in the near future too.
Food isn’t tasty anymore, nights never end, focus is stolen by so many people wanting a piece of me, 24 hours is not enough, probably 48 hours a day is also less, so many times I have forgotten to eat, stress levels are at peak, Family time, fun, hobbies, laughter - I don’t even know what they are right now.
Every single day is a challenge and every passing day is scary. Yes, that is the word. Scary!
Being Uncomfortable
In life, I have always purposefully chosen being comfortable with being uncomfortable. And every time I have done this, I have 100% come out as a better person.
The moment i am comfortable with something, I get bored and that is when I know that I need to take larger risks, make more mistakes, take some chances and start being uncomfortable again.
I already had similar transitions many a times in life. Reflecting over the last two decades alone, I can recall 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2020, and 2022. Each of these years, if I look back now, has been life changing for many good reasons. God was always with me!
Yet, 2025 seems to be a different BOSS Level altogether. Why is this different? This was not chosen by me. God gave this challenge to me.
This time I am not prepared, I am not ready.
That is my test right now, today and for this year surely.
Values & Culture
When life takes you for a ride, it does it at 7,000 RPM. You just don’t have a second to breathe. And stress, it’s a killer. When Life is hard and stress is highest, It’s so easy to do mistakes. A person can either go and do things Truthfully or easily fall into wrong places. This is where upbringing matters a lot. Values and culture comes into play. Mental toughness matters the most.
Every day, I pray to my fav god, Lord Ganesh to give me such challenges but also to guide me towards the right path and while everyone gets negative thoughts and wrong ideas, I pray every day to God to show me the path towards righteousness.
This is the time to be Brave, to show how mentally tough we are and get the best possible outcome of the situation.
And Thank You God.
I sincerely Thank God for this. I firmly believe that when god takes you through certain rough patches like this, he surely does it for a reason. He is testing you and he wants me to improve my character from the inside, tone up the muscles of grit and determination, understand life more deeply and be grateful towards parents and elders for keeping me in this position where I am.
To my future self
2025 felt like multiple lighting strikes, all at once and together. There will be a time soon where things would work out just fine enough. I did what I could, given what I had. Most days of 2025, I was burnt only to get stronger. The “Blood, Sweat and tears“ were necessary.
Lesson: Its only the Inner war we need to win. Nothing external matters.
I survived the storm, I did get burnt, I did not give up, I did the heavy lifting, things are now crystal clear, financial stability is probably back to being ok, and I took care of everyone while there was no one to take care of me, except for myself. All while keeping the smile on, running the show and being kind to everyone. The noise has reduced, the pain has gone away, things are probably back to normal.
Just never forget the path you came along and keep the battle scars visible.
If I pulled off 2025, the rest is gonna be fine! And God was always with me even when I was being tested to the peak.
Be grateful for everything.
Lessons for my next generation.
Be strong enough to face life head on. You came alone and you will go alone.
While others support, there will always be a time when it’s just you!
No one will come to rescue you. Not even me.
Life will not be give what you want.
You take what you are given, and make what you need from it!
Yes, Life is unfair at time but fair most of the times. Deal with it!
Be Patient, not everything needs to be done.
Also, There is no spoon!
You are never prepared in life and its the same for everyone.
Some invisible bullets will hit us and life will become hard.
Just be honest and truthful when life is hard.
You can’t control a storm. But, you can 100% control where you can stand and “watch” it.
It’s ok, some things will not go as we expect.
Expect Less!
Do get too attached to things!
Some knowing “mistakes” we do in life could be “This is the best of the worse right now“.
Live in the present (Easy to say but try to follow).
Pain is a teacher. Look forward to it.
Anticipation and Preparation are key for survival.
You will Fail and you will Fall, be strong enough to Stand Up again and again.
Pain builds character. Embrace it. Don’t shy away.
Pain is Temporary, things will always changes for the greater good.
Life, post that pain, will be “Powerful”.
Do the correct thing, even when nothing is going your way.
Even if there is no money, no peace, no love, nothing to look forward to, Trust in God!
Wealth comes and goes. Worth does not.
You are stronger and you will not let negativity get the better of you.
After all, we all die and no one, no one will remember us after a few weeks. Remember this always.
