End of a chapter
End is as beautiful as beginning. We live in a world
where there is a mixture of good and bad events and sometimes we don’t have
control over these. Sometimes, we are overwhelmed by the fact that end is
approaching. End is often seen as the dead end. But, that’s not always so.
Sometimes, end can lead to a beautiful beginning.
I often see end of a chapter as a dead end. But, later
in life I realized, end of a toxic relationship or end of a phase or end of a
journey or end of a career is sometimes very beautiful. Because, end can only
show a direction to a new beginning. It actually requires a lot of courage on
one part to end something in life. We go in a flow and we rarely visualize that
there is a need to end some of the toxicity in life to which we are entangled
to. In order to move forward, we need to end some of the chapters or put full
stop to an event which is meant to be finished.
Being a girl, living in an Indian society requires a lot
of courage to deal the hustle and bustle of life. It’s always a girl, who has
to answer a lot of questions before leaving home or even going to her workplace.
Girls often try to handle the situation whatever it is, in order to avoid the
consequences. While handling the situations, girls often get bound to toxic
bosses, in-laws, hubby, relatives etc. They think that relationships with their
bosses, relatives or partners would improve in future. But when things don’t
change, then there is an immense pressure on them to carry forward these type
of toxic relationships. The pressure is also from the society as well, to stay
in these relationships for a longer time. Then what would a girl do? She ends
up being blamed for being not a good worker, mother, wife or daughter-in-law.
Is this blame even justified? Then, she has to end her relationship with the
person to keep herself at peace.
Is end that scary? Hell, yeah!! It may seem scary, if
we don’t visualize the entire scenario at once or when we don’t have a proper
plan. But, what if we think in this way that, there is something better waiting
for us. I always like to quote that “There is always a light at the end of a
tunnel.” Here, a positive mind comes for a rescue. A positive mind helps one to see the silver
lining though the cloud of uncertainty. There is so much power in believing
that everything will work out even when you don’t know when and how: you just believe
that it will.
I would like to end this article with a positive note
that,
End is not always that scary and it should not be
misinterpreted as dead-end. Rather, it should be treated as a gateway to a
fresh beginning.
SWETA SARANGI
15-12-2024
