Talking to a good friend today I realised that we all have our little stories to share that would seem ordinary to others but is truly heroic for the person going through pain.
1) Strong mother - My friend and my mentor has the cutest baby. She just gave him birth but he's all mine😍😍😍. Chit Chatting about this cuties pie, we drifted into many small talks. One of them was her difficult pregnancy. The evening sickness insomnia, restlessness, ligament tear , swelling etc etc etc. It's not easy but there is an inherent strength that each mother is gifted with and thats the power of hope. The journey after delivery is more difficult though ....
2) Beautiful Wife - I know a lady who underwent certain difficult times in her younger years. With an early marriage , kids (lots of them), battling depression, managing the house, etc etc...things that she is expected to do. In our hypocritical society a lady apparatenly has no needs and cannot demand something. Struggling she somehow pulled on 50 years of her life. One fine day old-age took away her husband and left her with her kids who had moved on. Surprisingly, I now saw a better side of her.. as happier person, a more content person. Over the years I realised that she just felt liberated. She never enjoyed a great marraige or any support from her parents side, she just pulled on. Liberated, she now has the right to be happy and finally be herself. At 70 she was glowing , happy and extremly beautiful.
3) Selfless Women - Those reading my blog would know my school of learning, the Mumbai local train. On one such a day I met an 55 year old lady. Just like many of us she was travelling in the train going to earn her bread and butter. She was waiting for a seat to get empty so that she could sit. As the day may have it nothing was available. So she stood waiting for her destination. As she stood, she seemed very restlessly, shifting from one leg to the other, touching her knees every five minutes. A fellow commuter understood this and offered her a seat. She greatfully sat with a relief on her face. During the journey, we indulged in various small talks and she told me that she suffers from severe arthritis. She was advised bed rest for month, but she can't afford to take it as she has a house to run. She has kids but they are also struggling to make ends meet. So she wants to financially support them as much as she can.
Take aways from this is that a mother never retires, never resigns, constantly works very hard to give her child every comfort which she never got. A mother is not bound by financial strata, so whether you are from a very affluent family or from a very middle home, there is this women who will patiently suffer for her child.
I just shared three examples, but when you open your eyes and hearts you will find a a plethora of people with thier little untold stories. That little hidden truth between the fine line. So next time you meet someone. Don't Judge them, you will never know what they have gone through.