The struggle: Most Popular Journey without sleep.

Kaushal was the eldest son in his family. His father was taking care of his family by doing a small job.Mother being a housewife used to take care of all the household and farm work. Due to which other works were going on smoothly.

From time to time Kaushal started helping his parents in the work as well, due to which he also started feeling responsible.

Whenever his mother was unwell, he would take all the responsibilities of his family. Although Kaushal had 2 younger sisters, he loved them more and never asked them to do household work.

His nature was very gentle, no one ever said that he would get angry.

Kaushal’s father may not have saved money but he spent all his life’s earnings on his children’s Education, he believed that there can be no better saving in life than education.

Kaushal completed his studies and now it was up to him to build his future. After a lot of hard work, there was a wave of happiness in the house today and why not, today Kaushal had got a good job.

Time kept passing and today was the day when he had to go far away for his joining.
He packed his things in a big hurry, even after a lot of efforts he was not able to get a train reservation so he was worried about how he would travel for 24 hours.

He was definitely scared but he convinced himself and got ready.
It was evening time and he was about to start a new journey after taking the blessings of his parents.
His father dropped him at the railway station, there was still some time for the train to arrive. As the time was getting closer his heart started beating fast, not because he had to go on a long journey but because he was going far away from his family.
Many new thoughts were coming to his mind, apart from that he started thinking about his future. He had his document bag in his hand which he did not keep away from himself.

Wherever he was going he was keeping the document bag with him. Time started passing, after a while a horn sound was heard from a distance with a straight light. With this his wait started to end.

His nervousness increased when he saw the train jam packed with people. Deep inside he was thinking how he would complete such a long journey?
Not losing courage, after a little struggle he found himself in the general compartment of the train. Even though he did not get a seat to sit, he kept his document bag with him. There was a lot of noise from all sides but somehow he fixed himself in the gallery of the compartment.
In a short while the train started moving with a long horn and the cold wind coming from outside seemed to have started supporting it.
As the train was going away he was also going away from his family. Slowly the memories started fading and the night also started getting longer.
Somehow he managed to pass the midnight but as the night was getting longer his body seemed to be giving up.

The intermittent naps increased his fear. He started thinking that if someone took away the bag of documents, how would he do his job, so with great difficulty, to control his sleep, he splashed cold water on his face many times.
As long as the effect of cold water was there, sleep was far away, but naps started showing their effect again.
Now a nap would turn into a sleep of about an hour, but till now he had kept the bag of documents in his hand in such a way that if someone tried to take it, he would get to know.
After a long time, he fell into a deep sleep and when he woke up, it was morning.
As soon as he woke up, he hurriedly took hold of his bag in which the documents were kept. But everything was fine, then he got relief.
His struggle of train journey was not over yet. As the morning approached, the crowd in the general compartment of the train also started increasing.

The crowd was so much that he reached near the bathroom due to someone’s push. Now he felt that if he did not keep the bag of documents in the right place, it might get lost.

With great courage, he hung the bag on the hook in the train and left everything to God. He went and sat in the gallery near the bathroom.
The day had passed and he was feeling very hungry. He spent his day eating paranthas sent by his mother, but due to lack of sleep at night, he started dozing off.
Trusting God, he slept without any worries and when he woke up in the morning, he found all his belongings safe.
In a short while, he reached his destination. It was as if Kaushal had achieved a victory by doing this journey full of struggle.
After getting down safely from the train, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Moral

Sometimes big storms come in life, one has to struggle a lot. But all this is just insignificant for the beginning of a good life. Time keeps testing our patience all the time and the one who passes it never loses in life.