"Life has hit me with its hardest scrutinies. My husband passed away leaving me with our only son of two years. I brought him up in spite of my limited earnings . Later, he got married and had one son who survived only 13 days. My son himself passed away five years after his marriage. It was so hard for me and my daughter in law who is blind by birth. We were devastated, however, we always tried to move on with life. My daughter in law could not get her vision back even after series of treatment.They say life is unpredictable but until death comes to us, we have to keep breathing and living even if we walk past uncountable thorns on our path. I can't even explain how much pain I have in my heart. For so many years, I used to cry all day in the forest and return to live with my pain in the evening.

After several years, we left everything in our village and moved to live with my sister. She also passed away a few years later. By this time, I was already old and could not do much work. Although, my daughter in law is unable also unable to take care of everything, she is my only family in this world. We have both accepted our life as it is and as it appears.

In all my pain and hardships, I have known somewhere deep in my heart that we are not the only ones who suffered. We humans feel our pain much more than others. If we see around there must be uncountable more people whose sufferings are worse than me. Life will give its share of sorrows happiness to everyone, only difference is the amount and degree to which the sorrows and happiness are shared. My journey has done all but one good to me - it enabled me to encourage people see the glass half full instead of seeing it as half empty."

Amrita Kumari Adhikari (Mother in law),Yama Kumari Adhikari(Daughter in law)

Navajivan Paropakar Samaj