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WHEN THINGS GO WRONG...!

The prediction had come true.  The stillness in the air had vanished; the weather had changed and the sea had become rough.  I could see the sea waves crashing against the jetty and splashing over the top.  The boughs that were gracefully dancing once seemed to wave with a devilish vengeance. My mind which had been agitated tried to match nature’s fury.  I kept walking; reached my official table and sat wondering about the sudden change though I was not in the right frame of mind.  When I looked down in disgust, by chance, my eyes caught sight of a dragonfly that was lying dead, and got fixed to it.  After a while, I came to my normal self; picked it up and placed it on my table!  Remembering to click a few photographs of that I just allowed my inquisitive mind to probe. Yet, I didn’t forget to ask myself the question, “What am I looking for and where am I heading to?”  It was so hard to digest this dreadful change in me once I had come into contact with a special chat mate, a real great character, a few months ago.

Notwithstanding, my mind started comparing her with a unique character who I had met earlier in my life. That was no one but my fiancée.  That was the time, she stepped into my heart; I’d rather say that I stepped into her life.  She joined the organization where I was a professional educator.  The moment she dropped in, she seemed to show a lot of interest in photography. As I too had a similar interest, my mind started reading some uniqueness in both of us.  There, there my mind got entangled in that affair which I found very difficult to get rid of later.  What fascinated me most was her steady, but quite cautious approach to life.  Younger to me by six years, she spoke fluent and flawless English which hooked me up instantly.  I knew, I was going to be in trouble as I had a feeble mind.  The resultant proposal and her refined denial made me go mad. 

My mind started boiling over but cooled down after a while.  As a boy and as a grown up, I couldn’t accept anything going wrong against me. I always wanted everything in my favor, including nature.  But now, it had taught me to accept reality as such, though it had hurt me the most at that instance.  A disgrace and an insult but I had to accept it.  The very thought of ending my life was transformed into one of living as the dead dragonfly on my table made me realize that there is an end to everything but we got to live and face the reality of life and death.  There’s nothing stopping it.  When things go wrong, think for a while and relax so that your mind will decide and give you the right answer to get out of all your self-made problems.

After all, it is mind over matter that counts!