IS PAIN IMPORTANT IN BEING SUCESSFULL IN LIFE?

     I was just showing to my son the pictures of the  childhood pain that the Olympic game heros of china went through in their childhood.Suddenly he told me "Amma, actually without pain we don't reach great heights na, that's why, that's not really pain" I asked him then what is that ? He said before geting anything good its natural experience to go through pain. It was late night and he went off to sleep.Then i pondered over this thought thus this blog came up!
             I was trained by a genius doctor Prasad sunderarajan, my childhood was pretty tough for i had great dreams, and i was born in a very orthodox family and top of that i was brutally honest about anything to people. This landed me to many tough situations in life, of course i am successful today   because i went through these situations. Then i would call up Prasad sir and say sir its very painful and tough and he would reply"How lucky you are to go through all these situations in such a young age, stay there be calm and live that BUT be strategic!". I  used to wonder then, everybody whom i met always felt so sad about pain and grief, this man talks wonderful about this emotion, interesting!Then i changed my approach to pain and grief, i decided any event of pain and grief in my life will be to master that situation forever! Then magically my life started changing!Today if you ask me the pain and no-pain is same for me.I am so engrossed in the beautiful experience of life and nature that i am just lost in an enlightened manner.So beautiful the pain in life is if you face them courageously!
         When i was in my school in St joseph in calicut there was another incident that i wanted to narrate here.I always wanted to lead a successful and beautiful life to make this world a better place.I came from a village in Mahe.My mother really struggled to educate me in a convent.She studied only till tenth and like all mothers she dream t her daughter to have a more beautiful and successful life than hers.I was inspired by my mother to do well in academics.But secretly i wanted to grow in wisdom too.
                 Once i went to the library and i saw a girl of my class read  literature, i used to read only Sherlock homes and Nancy drew then.At that age i thought o we need to read all this to be wiser, i never saw anybody read this in my family and i was not that good at English then.I went to the librarian Mrs Betty and told her " Madame i too want to read literature and be very smart and wiser", she told me "Your classmate who reads that comes from a very highly educated b aground, you could try slowly, but it takes time! But you too can reach that level if you keep trying" She gave me the first  literature book to read, though i read that book completely i understood nothing, but  i continued so hoping someday i will understand them. Now the Climax, after so many years, i met that friend who used to read the high literature, she was so lost in life, sad,lonely,sick and depressed.She told me ,Priya i read your facebook messages every day, i look up to you, u have been so different and smart after school,what made your life so different and wonderful. I told her "I always felt god gave the best for me and whatever he did not give he wanted me to create that!The wisdom of the pain and the hardwork is that beautiful friends!And thanks to Prasad Sunderarajan for making me more competent to live the life, as it is,beautifully!