Piece of my heart for all of you fighting hard out there

Yes, i am calling you, you the one out there fighting for long enough to get that job, get that one chance to prove your worth, capability, get yourself a bit of love, get yourself that food on table, trying to save yourself or your family, trying to fight against all the challenges. I know you have lost, i know you are in pain and i know it as i have been there, i am still there. I know how desperately you need to fight your relationship, career, health or financial karma. I might not be in your shoes but as a person who herself is going through each of the karma, i do feel you.

I am not here to tell you that it´s okay that you lost your chance or it´s okay even to go through any loss. I am not here to demean your wishes, dreams or anything. I know you deserved it, i know you have fought hard enough and i know it was your only hope in the darkest tunnel you have been. Once again you might feel like this is it, once again you might be in the darkest tunnel all over again and then you say it once again, i am done and i can´t do it anymore. But listen this is what sensei told us knowing we will be in such times and we need to remember all this:

• Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.

• There will be times in life when you cannot succeed. Or times when hardship seems about to crush you. Such times are inevitable, yet we should not allow our spirits to be broken by them.

• Anyone can hit a wall. The anguish felt then is proof of one’s desire to move forward. But all is for naught if you falter at that moment. Action—that is the key to breaking through an impasse.

• The times when we experience the most intense suffering, unbearable agony and seemingly insurmountable deadlock are actually brilliant opportunities for doing our human revolution.

• Nothing can match the strength of those whose lives have been shaped and forged through challenging and overcoming hardships. Such people fear nothing. The purpose of our Buddhist practice is to develop such strength and fortitude. To cultivate such an invincible core is in itself a victory.

• An ascending life, in which we keep striving to grow and improve—this is what is meant by human revolution. Human revolution doesn’t mean becoming something special or different from who we are; it simply means striving to improve, no matter what challenges we face.

• No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.

-Ref. Words of wisdom, by Daisaku Ikeda