Life is full of hardships. It's not easy. It's never going to be easy. For once you may feel that life is getting easier for you but in the next moment, you'll feel that the air that you're breathing is choking you out. Every struggle is different. Everyone's struggles are different. Not two people are the same and so how they view life or how they view a certain situation is always going to be different.

"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche

Hello everyone. Yes, I have brought up a different topic today. We all go through struggles and some of them remain unknown to the world. We have all faced struggles like the ones that the quote has mentioned. It's not that I have just found out about this quote, I felt like this year alone had been too much to bear for everyone. So many memories of struggle had been swarming through my mind since I was reading. Well, I wouldn’t go on telling everything but this one I would share.

"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche

This quote doesn’t mean that you have to go through a near-death experience. It also explains how tough one’s journey can be and how strong that journey has made them. I could share a few stories of struggles but not all of them today. And I’m keeping the worst to myself for the time being.

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I’ll tell you what this year has brought me. This year has had me suffer emotionally, a lot, more than I can describe. January was not eventful at all. February was the month where my boss had passed away, he was a great man although I had only known him for a few months. At the end of March, the COVID19 lockdown was imposed and no I didn’t get a break. April, I and another colleague worked every alternate day to support our colleagues (yes, I know you’ll be asking what sort of a job; HR & Admin, no I won’t say more). So we both were equally scared about the pandemic but we had to think about the big picture as well No breaks during the lockdown. The month of May and I’m working every day, till about 4 pm. June, I heard of the death of a relative and due to the lockdown restrictions neither I nor my family could be there at the funeral, my relative was in another city. Now comes even worse, July was more devastating than any other month of the year. I have lost a distant grandmother and two maternal uncles among whom one was my mom’s immediate younger brother, all in the same month. The deaths haven’t been easy for us as a family, and what’s even worse is, some of my other relatives are fighting death as of right now. The year is ending and all I could do is hope that it doesn't get any worse.

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I know many of you will relate to what I’m sharing here. This year has been a tough experience for all of us. And it has made us stronger, in a very different. This year I not only learned about how important having a job is, but also that life is very unpredictable. One moment we’re alive and the next we aren’t; those who are fighting death and those who are beside them fighting the death to help them live a little longer. Aren’t all fighting a battle? Maybe not the same, maybe different battles each. But still, we are, right?

I’m sorry I can’t end my post like this. So here’s a meme for you so that you can laugh a little and I can laugh with you a little. That is my last message to you: Keep fighting your battles in style and with the brightest smile.

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Yes, Joker is here to wish you all a Happy Sunday. Stay well and stay blessed. Thank you so much, everyone.