Memories do have a lasting impression and if you are aware there’s a part of learning in each stage of life. I remember an instance from my childhood days. I must be around 5-6 years .

My Side of Story:

I had hurt myself at home and my legs were paining a lot. I was asking my parents to visit a doctor but they always seemed reluctant. I used to talk in third person “aaku ko lag gaya” (I got hurt) ,”aaku ka bhuk laga hai“( I am feeling hungry, aaku is short form of my nickname ankush). What I know now from my elders is that I was very impatient ( which I still am ) and I am sure I may have irritated my parents 24*7  for the visit to doctor but all in vain. Incidentally one day while I was crying ( another aspect I used to cry a lot, kinda feels embarrassing now ) , mom got me some medicine. It was a small amount of white powder . When I enquired  about it and who got it, I was told that dad had visited the doctor on my behalf   and in turn the doctor gave this medicine. I was also informed that the doctor is a renowned one and his medicines are very effective. Alas I was very happy, my prayers were answered and the required medicine was also bought. I took the medicine and instantly a miracle had taken place, within minutes the pain had gone, in fact I was able to run again, play again.

The other side of the story goes as follows :

What I hear later is that I had always been good at “nautanki” (drama) and this pain may have been some another random time pass activity. So they tried to play it down at first but then I was not going to let this fight down easily . My voice ought to be heard and finally my parents had to put their weapons down (at least this was what I thought ). But they knew I had blind faith in them and they used it as a Bhramastra against me. I had been given powdered sugar and was told this was homeopathic medicine. Generally homeopathic medicines are sweet in taste and white in colour so I had believed them and took it, so again within minutes the pain had gone, infact I was able to run again, play again.

So what did I learn from this? The heart can be navigated in any direction on one’s will . How can a muscle pain be gone in few minutes ? the only possibility being if the pain was psychological . I have always blindly believed in my parents and I still do but now I think that just because of the assurance that “you will be alright after taking this” may have hit me hard and was the the reason of my recovery. If the same medicine had been given by the doctor I may have needed the dose a couple of more times. A lesson was learnt early from a small episode to believe in oneself.

If we truly believe all will be right, it surely will be. If you want to be successful ,think strong, think you can, keep the confidence intact , you will no doubt touch heights. As Aamir Khan says in “3 Idiots” just say “All is Well”  and all will be well, a firm belief may help us achieve our goals. As Paulo Coelho states “When you want something with true feelings , all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”.

Heart can be fooled easily and if that’s possible lets do it !!!