People sympathise with my journey.

They say, “Everything will be fine.”

But… why?

Seriously, I think about it once in a while.

Is it because they have a ton of sympathy to sell?

Or are they trying to find their life in mine?

Some people tell me, “Do something,”

with a certain disdain on their face.

Still, I wonder… why?

Do they know how I do?

Do they see what I do?

They don’t.

They have not.

They can’t.

Perhaps… they comment.

But do they know what those comments make me feel?

They don’t sting me.

They neither hold me back nor push me down.

Because I have achieved something rare.

I have harmony with my inner self.

And do they know what that is?

Damn sure… they don’t.

Just like they say to me…

Some lives are like this — hard and tough.

-Dr Amritha S.S