Vrinkesh – The Divine Home of Emotional Healings

We grew up reading examination results in newspapers and feeling a sharp pain when someone did better than us. More often than inspiration, it brought self-doubt.

Ten years ago, I was an emotional mess. Someone mimicking my voice or leaving my texts on seen could keep me awake all night.

Today, even the heaviest rejections don’t haunt me for more than a week or so. I allow myself to feel the pain, sometimes even cry over it deliberately, only to wake up the next day and return back to work.

Work is a blessing in disguise. It has taken more than a decade to make me realise that.

In a world obsessed with work-life balance, there exists a silent tribe of people who willingly sacrifice comfort for growth. You won’t always see them around. They might be at the chai tapri at 4 PM and doing something productive at 4 AM. They understand that meaningful work is a privilege and learning is a luxury. In this dynamic world, exposure is a currency.

With time, I realized that pain itself is neutral. It can become fuel that drives you for years, or a burden that haunts you for years. The difference lies in the emotions you choose to carry with it.

Every failure will hurt. Every rejection will hurt. Let them hurt.

When a negative outcome hurts, mind spends significant energy for processing the disappointment instead of creating the next opportunity. So feel the pain, acknowledge it, cry if you can, vent or journal — but set a boundary.

Let it leave your system.

Then get back to work.

A pawn and a soldier rarely receive the respect and attention reserved for the queen, yet they have to continue to perform their duties. The longer a soldier remains consumed by hurt, the longer the battle is delayed.

It takes strength to feel rejected and still keep moving.

That’s the strength a pawn has to carry while defending the fort. And that’s how, one day, it stands beside the queen—or may be becomes one.

And that’s why becoming an insensitive pawn is a concrete step towards becoming a more useful person outperforming emotions. A pawn who knows how to process the dragging down emotions but still is kind and generous for humanity.

Justice has to be blind of attachments and so should the duties be blind of rejections and laziness.