TIME TEACHES TO LAUGH

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When I was a teenager, I used to watch plenty of movies. I loved watching movies every now and then. They touched me deeply. I could not get over the plots and characters so easily. I am usually not an emotionally attached person but when it comes to 'reel' things, I easily get attached and I easily become disappointed over the things happening there. I had no idea why I was like that. But that brought a lot of trouble in my life.

One day I watched a romantic tragedy movie. I got immersed in the love of our main leads and I totally loved their chemistry. She was just a common college student, and he was an artist. He conducted workshops and exhibitions all over the world. He was young and handsome. Moreover, he was single, becoming the heartthrob of every girl out there. One day, these two met in a café where he does live performances. Their eyes met, but nothing happened. They kept on 'meeting by chances' and became friends.

Slowly, their relationship moved further, and his female fans became jealous. They went crazy on seeing their idol becoming committed to a common girl. He protected her with all his heart, and nothing came as a barrier in their journey. Later, he guided her in the art, and she started becoming famous day by day. With his support, she got recognition. Their lovey-dovey moments were so cute, and I fell in love with their characters.

One day, he gets into an accident and becomes injured. He can no longer do any work and cannot even stand independently. She promises to support him. But he becomes irritated day by day, realizing that he has become useless without someone's support. She takes care of him well, but he does not want to pull her down, making her become a mere homemaker.

In the end, he commits suicide, and she becomes depressed. I thought many times, about his reason for committing suicide. But I had no idea. He could have shared his frustrations with her. Why did he choose to die? Why didn't he think about her? He was being too selfish. He wanted to protect her. But leaving this world was not a good option at all. I could not get over this movie. I had my whole thoughts in it for several days. I could not do anything well. I thought of this movie when I was sleeping, eating, and even bathing. I wanted an answer to his action. I knew nothing would happen even if I overthought. But I could not get over this. I kept to myself and one day I realized that I was going insane because of this one movie.

I tried watching some feel-good movies and felt a bit better. I tried to forget about this movie by bringing in happy thoughts from happy movies. To my surprise, that actually worked. If I had sat idly thinking about that one tragic movie, my life would have ended up in shades of dark. I somehow thought about making a change by watching happy movies and that actually worked. Sometimes we become bothered by petty things in life. We may not even realize that this little unhappiness can be removed by bringing in some shades of happiness. And that works often.

We become sad on seeing and listening to sad things. That is normal. We become entangled in the unhappy world sometimes. If we get trapped in there

for so long, we might not even be able to bring ourselves to light. So, we should have the guts to think and act before everything goes out of hand. Things never become too complicated for us to manage.

'Complicated' does not mean we have to give up!