A light in the darkness

  Self-acceptance , a well-known terminology, yet unknown as always. I remember my old days when I just started my job and there was a situation where the authorities asked, "Who did this?" An instant answer on my mouth was, "I don't know." That mistake was done by me, but my brain immediately forgot all that, and my mouth had an instant no ready. Later on when I revisited this situation and analyzed my role, I realized that I was unable to accept my mistake and took the help of a lie to hide myself.  I was able to realize this because before this situation I had practiced a lot to accept the reality as it comes. I had learned that we all are not perfect and we all can make mistakes. I had experienced before the extra energy that I needed to accept the reality as it is. This practice was one of the reasons that made me feel guilty about saying a lie.  I brought this so that we all can realize that self-acceptance is not an automatic or default setting. It is eas...

  " To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness."                                                                                                              Robert Morely William Shakespeare chose to define the seven stages a man ages through in his poem, "The Seven Ages of Man." So the first stage is an infant. An infant is totally blank. We are free to scribe as we like, and she becomes the same. The innocence of childhood and the blankness of worldly knowledge give them freedom to enjoy the world as they wish. As she moves further, we see that she becomes a schoolgoer. In the beginning, life brings new experiences that are good and recepti...