I’ve always believed that if you want something badly, life does offer you second chances. But there are times when even life seems helpless. was reading this novelette Snow Angels by Barbara W Klasser, (don’t know why I mention her name….i guess it just adds a degree of authenticity to an otherwise fictitious story) in which the protagonist Tess loses her family just when she was planning a much needed sabbatical from work and her current lifestyle to get a grip on life as she put it.
Just the she gets a call form the sheriff of the county where her parents lived, her father mother and 17 year old brother all dead in a road crash. Their lives mercilessly snuffed out.
Just made me think suddenly about the enormity of the choices we make be they about our career or love or families. Sometimes we don’t have the luxury of a replay like in the movies and have to live with the choices we make. Our bounteous patience and grit comes to our rescue to help us live with the situation, but we can never say that we are happy.
I have yet to meet a perfectly happy person. Someone who is totally satisfied with the way his or her life has turned out. All I see are compromises all around me. Strange now that I look back and see I too have made many mistakes and although life hasn’t stopped for me it hasn’t moved on too (if you know what I mean).you only move on in life when you have something special to look forward to. I might be sounding like a chronic depression case, but that’s not the truth. I have a generally cheerful disposition, but a funny face often hides tears behind all the mirth. so did tess… I can understand her misery, her numbness at the enormity of the situation she has no control over.
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Tess had two choices in front of her...One was to break down and cry and be afraid and the other was to fight back. Since she fought back, she has found some peace after she resolved the issues. Yes, she has lost a lot but has also gained by knowing who she was and not bowing down to others or their pushes. Everyone loses many things in life but those who are happy are those who gain much more in the meanwhile. This is similar to a business and just staying in office will not help matters on the personal front unless you have some personal causes to take care of in office too :) Hence the reason for Tess to quit her job also was understood. Life does offer second chances but not necessarily at the same door...There is always a second door opening somewhere else...Look for it....
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