“Save me. It hurts.”
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4 years ago, I nearly made one of the silliest decisions to end my life. I was going through one of the darkest times of life. I felt so lost and did not know who to go to. I didn’t want to hear comforting words anymore. I needed something more. An answer that could save me and free my mind from the pain I was going through.
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I was in my own place all alone, far away from friends and family. I took my phone and texted my mother. I had no idea about what I was going to say or how exactly to explain my pain. All I texted her was, “save me, it hurts.”. Nothing else!
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I cannot describe how powerful a mother’s instinct is. She just knew somehow. My mother liberated my mind with just one word. The word that changed my life forever. That very word that brought life back into me.
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ACCEPTANCE.
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“It happened. Accept that it happened. The more you resist, the more your mind suffers. The more you deny the past, the harder it is to let go. You cannot be free if you are still trapped in the past. Let the past flow through acceptance. You can only be free in the NOW. And in the NOW, there is no yesterday or tomorrow.”.
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I was struggling with accepting the past and things that had happened. I didn't want to believe that certain things happened the way it did and I don't know how my mother knew. I immediately burst into tears, screamed and cried that very night, over my past, for one last time. Believe it or not, the next day, I woke up feeling absolutely empty (in a good way). I knew I flushed out every toxic emotion and thought from the past and felt like I was reborn. I could smile again.
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That night that I got the answer from my mother was the night that I discovered one of the biggest secrets to conquering life. Acceptance towards life brings peace. Resistance towards life brings suffering. I am here today, breathing in gratitude and joy because of my mother. When people ask me if I believe in God, I immediately say yes and tell them about my mother. I live with a Goddess whom I am fortunate enough to call Maa. Happy Mother’s Day to every mother whose strength, love and grace keep the Universe warm. Post a picture of anyone who embodies a motherly figure for you and let the world know about them. ✨💕
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