Happy Teacher's Day, Life

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." ~ Henry Adams

Indeed, when Henry Adams wrote the quote above, he was probably referring to a fabulous teacher and life. It's 'Teacher's Day' today, and while we thank our parents, grandparents, friends and professors for teaching and guiding us, we must remember to thank 'life' - the quiet teacher who has an eternal job. We're all permanent students in 'The School of Life' and while the journey is far from smooth, the lessons are invaluable. Life is one teacher who never fails us, no she doesn't. Very often, we choose to fail life. However, the beautiful part is that no matter how often we choose to give-up, life just does not allow us to.

We may not always get what we want, but life makes sure that we get what we need. Our time on Earth is not meant to be just a smooth highway sans the speed-breakers; it's a mixture of everything, the smooth highway, bumpy roads, twisted mountainous terrain and sometimes a dry, barren desert with no concrete path in sight. Life wants to understand that we need to accept and take all these paths in order to fulfill our destinies on Earth. While, most of us hope for a smooth, hassle-free highway, we learn priceless lessons from bumpy roads and barren deserts. The smooth highway blesses us with unbounded carefree joy, bumpy roads strengthen our will to accept hardships, twisted mountainous terrains sharpens our will to perceive things before they happen and a pathless barren desert urges us to take the untrodden path - the path less discovered. Indeed, our physical life is about spiritual growth, and it's this growth that this great teacher, 'Life' is shaping.

We've been blessed with a heart, mind , soul and spirit. (All of us have a spirit, but we are a soul) Life's aim is to help us realise that all these four integral parts, work in cooperation with one another. They may be different parts of one body, but they have one common goal... a peaceful, happy life, accepting the hardships as a part of life's examination, learning from the pain, growing during our healing and relaxing during our happy times. While we may not get enough of the good times, the hard ones sanctify our spirits.

In addition, our great teacher has blessed us with the ability to be able to help ourselves and use our resources for the betterment of mankind, nature and animal-kind alike. This school teaches us lessons in love, caring and sharing. And when we see an injustice, the good Lord has blessed us with a brain and the ability to try and right a wrong. Indeed, 'life' teaches us that loving oneself is nice, but loving everyone else is even better.

Life is stage with all the elements of drama. Our beautiful teacher hopes that we accept our lessons as a part of fulfilling our destinies here on Earth. We're all temporary visitors, with limited time. However, we must focus on our lesson, with an occasional eye on the ever-ticking clock.

Thank you my dearest life, thank you for the happiness and joy when I've laughed with carefree madness, thank you for all my tears because they truly purified my soul, thank you for all the pain because its those times that sanctified my spirit, thank you for my family and friends who've all had a part in making me who I am, thank you for a chance to think for myself and sometimes for others... but most of all thank you for giving me the chance to be able to help (mankind, nature, animal-kind), the will to want to better life for everyone and the belief to know that no matter what, life revolves and lives on love.

There's a lesson in every moment; they may not always be lessons we like, but they sure are lessons we need. What we choose to take from it is really up to us. Life - our greatest teacher awaits us with ever-open arms of love - are we listening already?

Have a fabulously blessed day everyone. :)