Through the dark times... - Rishona Chopra

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You'll only read poems about love and despair, hurt and care, failure and success, All the opposites. But you'll rarely ever hear about poems about what you have, What you can do and all the things that aren't bad. Sure, this world is a dark and lonely place, But not if you find your little space. Bombs and wars, fighting and chores. It'll be wrong of me to say, It'll all be okay. Because perhaps it wont, But we've put our hopes in things that would never happen for far too long. Perhaps it's time for us to see, Count our blessings and find the glee. There must be something in our life, that perhaps we can find, Something that makes one smile despite the tough times. There are too many pessimistic things you can burden your mind with, But only one you can free the mind with. And that's to think of the things you have, the things you did and the things you will.

Rishona Chopra

Grade IX

Gyanshree School

My greatest fear and how I overcame it - Tenzin Jambey

People have so many fears in life, but we can overcome them by facing them and trying out the challenges that create fear. Like everyone, I have so many fears.

I am afraid of darkness, blood, scary things etc. Out of all these, my greatest fear is my future. I feel terrified when I think of my future and what I will become later. As my friends put it, it's very amusing, and I believe the same. This fear dips me into depression when I think of how my future would look and how I would take care of my family.

Specific questions arise in my mind, like would I be able to fulfil my family's wants? I fear feeling ashamed if I fail to meet my family's demands and wishes, as they put in a lot of hard work to send me to school. But I also believe where there is dark, there is light, too; where there is sorrow, there is happiness too!

There are plenty of careers and jobs that I can choose from, and this thought gives me relaxation and relief. This positive thought keeps my fear away and helps me focus on the better side of life!

Tenzin Jambey
Pestalozzi Children's Village Society