Ants, life jackets and other random thoughts...

Life is cruel to everyone who doesn't want to or get to enjoy it. There's no option other than what is destined to happen. Be grateful for everything and do not harbour remorse for not getting anything. Maybe you don't deserve it and someone else does deserve it. But when that someone else is the one who reaps all the benefits you are left helpless and are forced to accuse your ill fortune. Dreams transform into lifejackets keeping you buoyant only to help you cross the ocean of life. They are the only means by which you live the life which you have always aspired for. Better luck in your next birth if you believe in rebirth. Just pray that it is something more meaningful like an ant's life.
Meaningful; because the ant is focussed on a single motive and toils hard to fulfill it. It faces hardships and sometimes drains its energy to achieve nothing in the overall sum total called life. It cannot enjoy the fruits of its hardwork but works because it is supposed to. It is unaware of the riches of life. Sugar prices may rise or fall but an ant carries the burden of a sugar crystal irrespective of the estimated value of the goods just because that is the only action which it can perform.Selfless.
It does not take birth to change much in the world. It is like a mere catalyst aiding the reaction. One who makes profit out of business is called a businessman and others are just catalysts in the economic world. Being a catalyst is just another way of living an ant's life. It is upto you to decide whether you wish to live like an ant or you wish to face the hardships of a life full of struggle and disappointments. People who choose the second path reach the zenith in their respective fields. The others are just those with an 'also ran' tag, the mediocre masses who hardly contribute in any form to the world. They are ridiculed as 'losers', an appropriate tag for those with a loser's mentality. So don't give up and don't try to be an ant if you wish to succeed. Feel lucky because you can pity the ant's situation. Be proud of yourself for having the capability of distinguishing between mediocrity and excellence.