Life is a race – don’t be a broken anda, we all heard this dialogue and laughed while watching the movie “3 idiots” but reality kicks in when we realize this isn’t just a movie dialogue.

Hey, I am Ram, a twenty-year-old who participated unknowingly in the race to win life, but how far did I get? Or did I even start my race? or did I quit in the middle? These are the thoughts that run through my mind every time I get exhausted running the race. 

I always wonder why things are chucked at our faces and left with no option but to face them and make us feel dead from the inside. You feel the same right? If yes, then congrats you are on the right path and I call it – THE PATH OF THORNS.

Every time I question myself why….why on earth did this happen to me, like why only me? Why not anyone else, why the hurdles? why the risk? and why the sacrifice? And why isn’t there any straight path to achieving what I want in life?

And every time the answer I get in return is “this is how you achieve success in life.” You fight, you sacrifice, you risk and go along with it….but for how long and how far can we go doing this? 

I feel these are answerless and timeless questions.

Being this confused and unanswered, I met many people who already have jobs, are settled, and have a stress-free life. Every time I meet them I feel like I am falling behind and not working enough to make my dreams come true. Ultimately all these lead to only one pressure point “STRESS”.

From watching a kid earning lakhs per month on the internet to a 40-year-old getting bankrupt we all compare ourselves and this is the reason we’re all dissatisfied with what we have and that’s when you start being the other self—the one which everyone admires. But, but, but…Personality begins only when the comparison leaves off. You’re Unique. 

The realization that I got and probably you will get at a certain point in life is that life is unexpected and never goes according to plan. We all go through the same rough patch somewhere or the other, some may find it difficult and quit and some may find it challenging and face it.

The whole point is to move slowly with your life, never force yourself, take a rest, cry out loud in difficult times, take care of yourself and your loved ones, and do what you want to do even if it takes more time than others.

There may be many problems and hurdles that you might encounter just like thorns, they might even hurt you and sometimes make you bleed but be strong and just trust your path just like I trusted mine.