Why Me se Yahan Tak …
Kabhi kabhi main khud se baat karta hoon … aur sochta hoon, zindagi ke woh din kaise the jab sab kuch ruk sa gaya tha. Ek waqt tha, 2005 se 2010 ke beech ka … jab main bas ek hi sawaal karta rehta tha — “Why me?” … mere saath hi kyun?
Kaam ruk gaye the, raaste band lagte the, aur main ghar mein baitha bas sochta rehta tha ke aage kya hoga.
Phir ek din, pata nahi kaise, Rumi sahab (Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī) meri zindagi mein aaye … main unke quotes padhne laga, unhe samajhne laga … aur dheere dheere, bina shor ke, andar kuch badalne laga.
Usi dauraan, unke kai quotes mein se ek aisa tha jo seedha dil mein utar gaya —
“When you go through a hard period, when everything seems to oppose you … when you feel you cannot even bear one more minute — never give up. Because it is the time and place that the course will divert.”
“Jab zindagi ka daur sakht ho jaye … jab har cheez ulat lagne lage … aur jab lage ke ab aur bardasht nahi hota — tab rukna mat. Kyunki aksar wahi pal hota hai jab zindagi chupke se apna rukh badal rahi hoti hai.
Aur shayad wahi pal tha jab mujhe samajh aaya … ke har mushkil rukawat nahi hoti, kabhi kabhi woh raasta mod rahi hoti hai. Main rukha nahi … bas dheere dheere chalta raha … aur aaj peeche mudhkar dekhta hoon, toh lagta hai ke shayad agar woh waqt na aata … toh main yahan tak kabhi nahi pahunchta.
