I was perusing through my journal and I landed on this line from my nanis autobiography that says mainay sabr karna viraasat main paaya hai and it just brought me so much peace.
Sabr is an interesting word because yes it's patience but it's also more. I always imagine sabr as this shut door you are standing at and you hear these screams on the other side and you have the power to open that door but you know the screams on the other side will engulf you and make you lose your voice so all you can do is stand there and listen to them and fight the urge to open that door.
Many people think of sabr as this idea for the lost and hopeless, and it is. But for me it's not as much about hopelessness as much about it is the willingness to fight. I think in all these grand tales of valor, we do not crave the victory as much as we look for these heroes who seemed defeated but were simply waiting for the right time to strike back. Sabr to me is that crucial moment of gaining strength when you know your only defeat is in giving in to your urges and letting defeat ensnare you with its false promises of victory. Sabr is a reminder that you are human - in your weaknesses, and more importantly, in your strengths. That to win, you must lose for the moment for it isn't really losing, simply waiting.
