Fighting Everyday Battles

“What a tiring day!” is a statement that we say and hear too often these days. From students to professionals and senior citizens, all feel that they are having a hard time fighting everyday battles. And yes, everyone is trying to be at their best because no one ever does anything to lose. We want to succeed just like everyone else. But what is set as the target to succeed is different from person to person.

For a few, survival is the target. They are challenged physically, mentally or emotionally. Their everyday battles are fought in trying to survive. For few others it is surpassing their previous limits and doing better than yesterday. For the rest, it’s surpassing the rest of the world and being at the top. In our effort to be the best in what we are trying to be, we come across people working for different targets in their lives and we see they are different. To reassure ourselves that what we are doing now is what is required to be done, we look down upon the rest. We complain on how bad they are at work and at everything they do. But one fact we have chosen to ignore here is that the other person’s goals, motivations and thoughts need not be built on the same lines as ours. He/she is unique just the way we are. And when we do accept this fact, we are able to recognize the fact that ‘no one wants to fail’. They are working towards their defined success and we towards ours. And all of a sudden, with this understanding, everyday life is no longer spent fighting battles.

We begin to appreciate every effort, small or mighty. We recognize and appreciate others’ talents and goals. We are no longer running a rat race. We are just trying to redefine our limits and move on. As we move along our path, we are able to find happiness in the smallest of things and able to share happiness with the rest of the world. And thus, we move from ‘Fighting Everyday Battles’ to ‘Living Life Everyday’.