Who Am I and where do I belong

One day, a young and beautiful woman whose face was full of sorrow, sadness and tears, approached one old lady who was a famous storyteller. She started telling all her issues and challenges one after the other, that she was not good at all in anything, be it career or her life.

The old lady stopped the young girl and said, I will tell you an interesting story which may help you. Isn’t that the reason you have come to me?

When I was young like you, I also felt same like you. But then I didn’t have anyone to seek advice. So I set out on a journey, a long journey crossing hills, rivers and many forgotten places and met many people but could not get any answer.

One fine day, I was crossing a small village and what instantly caught the attention of my eyes were 3 archery practicing targets and an arrow stuck firmly in the bull’s eye of all 3 of them.

I saw a small girl watching me with astonishment and asked her who this great archer was. To my disbelief, the young small girl said, she did it. I could not believe and asked how she could do such an amazing work at that young age.

She gave a smile and admitted the she first stuck the arrow firmly on the wall and then painted the target around the arrow such that the arrow was in the bull’s eye position.

After going through this small story, this really got me thinking deeply and asked myself who am I, what are my strengths, what do I want to achieve? Rather than trying to find where I belong or what suits me, I must have absolute clarity on what I want and build my life around the same. Deep down, I realized that the place where I belong is the yet to be created by me.

How often have we sat down to be mindful and give a deep thought on what is the purpose in my life, how can I look at things in different manner and motivates me to build my life around it. It is very important for us to realize and recognize who we are and what is it that suits me the best rather than trying to see where you belong and get lost in it.