Gain & Loss

The last two weeks were tough, with Exams & Elections both coming fast to hit hard, i got knocked down by both. But, at the end of the day, i got to learn a lot. Whatever comes your way has its own positives & negatives, sometimes you see the positive side more than the negative and sometimes its the other way round. What stays with you are the memories and the experience that you gain, getting a feel of the infinite possibilities, which widens your horizon of thinking. One thing that i learnt is that, having attachment with something you can't get or won't get, brings a lot of pain, and that's what is counted as Loss. If only you can sit back & watch the situation with no preconceived notions, you'll see that there's no point to be sad about, the pressure is just in your head. You'll start to see that silver lining, if you look with patient & calm view. One does face a lot of bad situations, what count is how fast you get over it and how well do you learn your lessons.
After all this, one should continue to do what one truly wants to do because that's the second thing that remains. Our interests, wants, desires give us some purpose, something to pursue. One get up from one's temporary defeat to achieve what one truly wants. You are defeated only when you give up, & you should also be careful about your egoistic response because an egoistic response may further take you down that dark alley, through which you didn't want to go in the first place. You can Gain a lot from everything, if only you are open to it.