suhatra
suhatra chaudhuryによるThere are moments when a deep sadness enters me — uninvited, unannounced. I do not push it away. I do not ask, “Why are you here?” I simply become silent, present. I watch.
Sadness is not something to be cured. It is not a disease. It is a guest, and like every guest, it comes bearing a gift — if I am willing to receive it.
Most of the world is taught to avoid sadness. We cover it with smiles, distractions, noise. But every time I escape sadness, I escape myself. Because sadness is a part of life, just as night is a part of day, just as death is a part of birth. One cannot exist without the other.
When I feel sad, I go deeper into myself. I close my eyes, and I breathe into it. I do not analyze it. I do not label it. I let it be. I observe its texture, its taste, its color in my inner sky. It may feel heavy, like a gray cloud — but I do not try to move the cloud. I wait. And slowly, I begin to see: this sadness has its own kind of grace.
I often wonder why sadness arrives even when everything seems fine. And I realize: sadness is not about the outer world. It is the soul longing for attention. It is my inner being knocking on the door, saying, “Come back. Be here. With me.”
There is a silence inside sadness that is deeper than any joy. When I sit with it, without resistance, a new awareness arises — a kind of clarity that pleasure can never give. It is like the stillness after the storm. And in that stillness, I begin to remember who I really am.
I have found more truth in my sadness than in many moments of laughter. Laughter passes quickly, but sadness lingers. It teaches patience. It shows the depth of the heart. It humbles.
And then, one day, something miraculous happens. When I stop fighting sadness, it turns into something else. It becomes peace. A peace that has no cause, no condition. A peace that simply is.
So the next time sadness comes, I will not run. I will sit. I will watch. I will let it move through me. And I will trust — trust that even this sadness is part of my growth, my flowering.
Sadness is not the enemy of joy. It is its root. Without it, joy would be shallow — a fleeting spark. But when joy grows from sadness, it becomes a light that can never be extinguished.
I will be with my sadness. I will honor it. It is a doorway — and I will walk through it, knowing I will meet myself on the other side.