Thought #9 – “It’s okay, if you are lost we all are little lost and it’s alright”

Isn’t it easy to stay positive when things are going smooth in life, when things seem less uncertain and when you feel that you do have some control over your life?

Well, when you are in a positive environment where everything around you is happening good and life in general is treating you well. There is no option of thinking negative (matter of the fact, a negative person can think negative about every positive thing as well, exceptions always exist).

But the point I am trying to make here is, the real challenge is to stay positive when things are not going so great and THAT requires hell lot of effort.

Jane Marczewski, is a person who is a perfect example of living upto to that challenge. She is also known by Nightbirde (interesting story behind that name).

Today, I came across one of her audition video in America’s Got Talent and I must say what a beautiful soul. When you are having 2% chance of survival and you maintian that big smile on your face. That’s reaaally commendable. Definetly worth learning from.

We get upset for petty things in life but when we see a person whose life is at stake and they are able to spread that level of positivity. OMG. I don’t know what to say.

There was one line she said during her audition, which was,

You can’ wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy.

After watching her performance, I was just so curious to know more about her especially her mindset and how she thinks that I searched about her.

And this is what she said in one of her interviews ,

“There is always those voice that say, good things aren’t gone last. But I was fighting it and I was saying, it doesn’t matter . It doesn’t matter what happens tomorrow, what happens after this. TODAY, I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I AM ALIVE! I AM OVERJOYED!

Everybody is afraid to be happy sometimes you know. Because life is really really hard and there is a lot of reasons to be afraid BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOT REASONS TO BE THANKFUL and my journey has taught me that we don’t have to pick one. We don’t have to pick- life is hard OR life is beautiful. 

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL AND HARD AT THE SAME TIME and that’s when we are fully alive, when we can hold both”.

When the interviewer asked her, what do you say to people when they are in struggle and they are like look I am not her. I can’t overcome things like that, its just too much for me?

She replies, “I am not special. I am not stronger than anyone else. I just have the audacity to keep going in the face of reasons why I should not. The key to is you don’t deny the pain of today but don’t deny the hope of the future. Both are real and you take minute by minute. You gotta believe in impossible things”.

Do watch her performance.

I really pray she gets better and inspires others through her song and just by being herself.