It can a be a person you meet by chance, a book you read on the airplane, a fight you have with someone, an event you witness on the sidewalk, a song you hear on the radio, an ad you read in the newspaper—anything!

When you are down and depressed and days feel like a burden to live, you tend to think that that is all there is to life. When you are on the ninth cloud and everything seems bright and promising, you feel that it is going to last forever. But nothing lasts forever. The moment comes and your life is changed again.

These ups and downs of life, this roller coaster ride is what Life is. It would have been boring otherwise. The sadness gives way to happiness and the joys lead to sorrows. Just like the night gives birth to the day and the setting sun brings with it the darkness of the night. This interaction between light and darkness is awesome. We live in the space between these two opposites.

The trick is to seize the moment. When you are happy you let that happiness fill your soul and when you are filled with sorrow, you get out of yourself and experience the beauty of sadness. Yes there is beauty in sorrows too. There are lessons in failure and there are hopes hidden behind the door of dejection.

And how can you do so? But simply remembering and drilling this thought in your mind that nothing lasts forever. It is one thought which has the capability to help you get through any “negative” event in your life. It is not only my personal experience but the experience of all of us. This is something that life teaches us every single day.

Whatever touches your heart deeply has the power and the potential to invite that life changing moment in your life. Your emotions and their intensity can make or break your life. Learn to use the power of emotions in a positive way. The way your heart beats when you are about to do something that you have always been afraid to do before, is a sign that you can do it. Do it! You won’t regret that ever.

Take risks. Calculated risks and let the failures of your life teach you lessons that you would never learn otherwise. Respect your failures—always! They are one of your greatest assets.

The experience of life is all that matters, in all its shades, in all its glory. You were born alone and naked and you will go on to the next phase in the same way. These few decades that you have to live on this planet, let them enrich your soul. Life is life because of death, or it wouldn’t be called life. Don’t let it pass away without you exploring its nooks and corners and allowing yourself to be surprised.

Seek the moment. Be patient. It will come, for sure, to surprise you yet again. Whether you believe in it or not, it will still come, because it believes in you. Life believes in you! Know that!

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