Speak it out.

So, here are we. This is the point where we have attained after millenniums of evolution of humans. The point, at which more than half of the population of this world is not happy. We have reached somewhere where everyone is feeling lonely, where everyone is feeling cheated, alone, angry or deficient of genuine love and friendship. We have reached a point a genuine smile is becoming endangered.

Yesterday, when I was walking in a park, I saw a nine year old girl sobbing by the side of a tree. When I asked her the reason of her tears, she refused to tell, she even faked a smile, she pretended as if she was not crying. Her pretence broke my heart even more than her tears did. When I kept asking her, she told me that her mother has scolded her and she thinks that her mother hates her. She hugged me and cried. I pacified her and tried to explain her as much I could. She ran away from me. The incident broke me. It made me remember of my high school classmate, Arnav.

Arnav was a studious boy. He had many friends too due to his cheerful and affable nature. Suddenly, one day, we all received rumours that Arnav has poisoned himself. The rumours came up to be true. After his sessions with psychiatrist, we all get to know that Arnav was suffering from depression. He confessed that he was depressed as his tuition teacher harassed him sexually. He never told anyone as he feared about the reaction of everyone.

Had Arnav told his family or teachers about this? Had he not posed as everything is alright with him? Had the little girl told her mother that what she feels? Had she not pretended? Had she cried? Things could have been better.

We should now learn to be open on our problems. To shed tears without having the fear of getting judged, is an act of courage. Coward are they, who hide their trees and hurt themselves only due to the fear that people will judge them. It is no act of bravery instead it is sheer foolishness to keep hiding your problems. Neither it is brave to hold back tears; instead it takes courage to be open about problems. It is good to cry. It is good to speak out. Let us speak out our problems and let us be prepared to hear of others. Let us shun this communication gap which is only making us apart and helpless.