Many years ago, a day during my childhood summer days; I was at my grandma's place. In villages, we generally see old ladies gathering at one place to spend some of their time discussing several issues. The same thing happened that day. During their discussions, I heard one of my grandma stating a line in telugu - “Intiko samasya”. It means every house owns a problem with it. I don't know what made her use that statement, and I was not enough old to analyse it. However, that line got fixed in my mind.
Years passed, I was into college life, where I got chance to meet different people. Initially, every person I met looked very happy to me. But when I got closer enough, I started hearing about problems which they were facing. At any point of time, almost every person whom I was talking to was holding a small problem with them. People, including me, used to get degraded very often. I had no clue what was going on and how to get over. After looking at all these, slowly I got changed in the way I look at people. Now, when I meet a new person, I started to observe whether he or she has any problem. And my observation made me to re-state my grandma's statement as -”Manishiko samasya”, which means every person owns a problem.
Recently, one early morning, I went to vidyanagar to meet one guy. Unfortunately that guy didn't pick my call and I was made to wait in the bus stop for nearly two hours. During my time there, I saw an uncle who sat very close to me. He was reading newspaper and was talking to other uncle. He looked very energetic with his talks. Out of every ten lines he spoke, six lines made me smile. I really enjoyed their conversation for around fifteen minutes until the other uncle left the place. After listening to him, I felt he is the happiest person. Few minutes passed, the same uncle looked at me and asked about where do I work. I answered. Few more questions and answers passed between us. Later, I don't know what made him to.. but he started saying about his elder son. He told many things related to his son – his irresponsible behavior, no planning for his career, etc. He told how he and his wife were suffering every day because of their son. The same energetic uncle looked very innocent at that time. The same happiest uncle looked as a person with many problems rolling in his mind. He asked me “what should I do now??” Silence was my only answer. But when he was leaving, I told him - “Today's biggest problem will look small tomorrow.” I didn't have any hope for that uncle while making that statement. But I just made it.
Though I made that line all of a sudden without any initial thinking, I feel what I stated was very true. If we are facing a problem today, the intensity of it will be higher. We search ways to overcome it. And during this search, we really grow as a person. Problems are life's default style of making you as a better person. Never regret if you have a problem. Try all the possible ways to overcome it, prove your worth, and if it still exists, believe in the fact that - “the best part of life is.. as time passes, things fade..!!”
