Today I saw a mother carrying her teen with muscular dystrophy and couldn't stop thinking about her. She has a son who is unwell. She has modified her car to accommodate his wheeled chair and his physical requirements. She carries him around for all his work. She loves him dearly. And above all, she turned around and gave me a smile. What courage lies in her heart and in her mind, is impossible for me to understand. All I know is that she is undergoing a lot of pain and yet she has embraced it all. And she has the strength to accept it and move on with it. She has the strength to shower love and happiness to all around her. She has the strength to smile at a stranger, who could do nothing but smile back at her and reflect. Yes, reflect that while we cry at small troubles, there are people who smile through even greater pain. Reflect that life is full of challenges and questions and difficulties and we do not know what other troubles will come in our lives in future. Reflect upon the fact that whatever we have been blessed with, is too precious, to cry over. Reflect that our trials are also a blessing in the long run. Reflect upon the fact that a smile is the most beautiful gift that we can give to anyone, to cheer them up, to wipe off their tears. Reflect that strength is not in going down first, but in standing till the end.
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