Be "The Shiva"

They say every journey is unique. But is it absolutely unique? There is the same old cycle of highs and lows, fast and slow, turmoil and peace in everyone's life; Just the timings are different. I feel only the character changes but the plot remains the same. Maybe the timings are different edited to suit the needs. Whatever is happening to you today might have happened to somebody else 30 years ago exactly in same sequence and whatever is happening to them today might be your path 30 years down the line. Afterall the basic human emotions are always the same. Emotions create situations. We may be bombarded with situations. I can't help it, you can't help it but how we react to it is our choice. 

"Try to be The Shiva", they say. Let your head be as cool as was His. Drink the poison as He did so that "The World" can bloom. Ooze out tranquility as He did. But can we? Can we remain rock steady throughout? No we can't; there will be moments of despair and hopelessness. There will also be moments of ecstasy and jubilance. He too became mad in love, beheaded his own son, lost way, intoxicated himself and danced on happiness. So was he really rock-steady. No he was not. But what mattered was he could still "Keep calm and carry on". 

 You are bound to get affected and react. If you don't you are already dead. That's human. But not getting stuck in it should be the way of life. It came to everyone's life as it came to yours. They passed it, you too will. All you need is hope, patience and perseverance and an urge to get out; strive for excellence. 

 Strive and achieve but never yield