bhaskar saikia

Life rarely fits into neat categories. It is both a teacher and a test, both liberating and confining, both joyful and painful. Yet, if we shift our perspective, we begin to see that everything—every heartbreak, every failure, every storm—has its own hidden beauty.

If failures are lessons, then every mistake is a stepping stone toward wisdom. If society calls those who live freely “crazy,” then perhaps true sanity lies in breaking free. If love and heartbreak are intertwined, then to love fully is to accept the possibility of loss. And if both sunshine and rain are equal blessings, then maybe happiness isn’t about chasing only the good moments but learning to embrace them all.

Too often, we measure life in extremes—success or failure, happiness or sorrow. But what if we stop measuring altogether? What if we accept life as it comes, knowing that its contradictions are what make it whole?

In the end, life is neither just sunshine nor just rain—it is both.

So, if life is a blessing, then I am—like all of us—a traveler through its many contradictions, learning, evolving, and finding meaning in the in-between.