This picture appeared in  TOI few days earlier, prompts me of an eternal phenomenon – uncertainty.
These villagers, whose village has been swept away, would know that the waters need to subside, they have to subside. But this belief comes with a lot many questions – will the water subside? When will the situation get normal again? How would we make our living after the situation gets normal?
But what drives them is the belief that it would be normal one day, has to be normal one day, it may take time, don’t know how much, but it cannot remain like this. And one more thing – their effort to make it normal, in whatever way possible – not only for their ownself but for all others around them who are coming along with them.
We all face situations where there is nothing but uncertainty all around – when, how, what, where, why; almost all questions!
But the vital thing here is to keep up the belief, no matter what happens and keep working towards the goal that we wish to achieve. Believe me, this belief carries such a power to turn everything around, this belief takes you towards the goal in an astonishingly systematic and planned manner, keeping all our situations and circumstances in view, and finally our end goal is reached, in the best possible manner.
The irony is that we don’t realise we are moving towards our goal till we achieve it, it is only when we reach that we look back and realise how systematically things have happened in the best interests of us as well as our near and dear ones who are directly linked to our lives! The most important thing is to keep the belief in our subconscious mind while putting in the best efforts in whatever comes on the way – you never know which act of yours would make or break the path that you are subconsciously taking!
Given that the beliefs are truly strong enough, if the goal is not reached, either our beliefs or goals are not rational and in the best interests of all, or the efforts that we have made are not the best ones!
A bit of philosophy probably…but its quite true!