Everything has a purpose 1

Written July 15th 2016

I have been feeling down for last couple of days because of all those things that have happened (Many great programs have stopped working). But today, when I was walking on the street something hit me. Sun was shining, small breeze was gently blowing through my fingers and nice melody was coming from my earphones. My mind started to wonder, everything in life has a purpose and there is more behind the scenes. So here is a “little” story I would like to share with you.

Once upon a time there was a boy (Lets name him Roy). Roy lived with his mom and he had an older brother (5 years older). Roy’s parents were divorced when he was just 6 months old and he hasn’t seen his father since then.
But the life was good. He didn’t have to worry about anything. His days were full of play and enjoyment. One day when he was old enough, he went to school and he liked it there. Life seemed beautiful.
When Roy was 8, his family had to move away because Roy’s mom had got a new job in other town. Roy didn’t like the idea of leaving, he liked the life there, he liked his classmates and friends. Everyone were saying you will get new friends, you will like your new home and school and he got excited about moving to a new place.

But everything didn’t go the way Roy had hoped. The school were he went, was much bigger and in his class there were two bigger boys, who started to bully him day by day, week by week, year by year. Roy didn’t want to go to school anymore. He was always trying to find excuses why not to go to school because he was afraid of those two guys. In many mornings when his mom sent him out from the door, he didn’t get on the bus, he went to the forest instead and spent the day there. When the “school day” has ended he went back home like he had been in the school that day. Roy’s marks in the school went down and he had to repeat even one year because he didn’t finish that class.
Of course all days were not so bad. There was a lot of joy and happiness in Roy’s life but still there was a small though in his head, what will happen today, will he get bullied again today.

After Roy had turned 15, he finished the elementary school and he was finally free from the bullies. Life was again generous and good. But soon his free time was over, he had to go to work. Roy was 16 when he went to work in construction buildings where he mostly had to clean the construction waste. Roy was a free soul and he didn’t like to work from early morning to late evening and he didn’t like the job also so he quit it after few years. He stayed at home and hanged out with his friends all day.
When Roy was 19, his friends said to him go back to school and get a proper education. He went back to the school which he liked a lot, he got many new friends there and he was even one of the best students in his class. The life seemed to go on track when suddenly something huge happened in Roy’s life.

When Roy was 20, something very precious was stolen from his life. The cancer took his mom’s life and he was left alone (grandparents had been gone already). Roy’s brother had a drinking issues at that time and they didn’t get along at all with his brother so his mom was his only close person who he loved. And now when that very dear person was taken away, the hardest days of Roy’s life had began. Roy and his brother were very dependent on their mom’s income. Roy had a school which he needed to finish and his brother spent most of his salary to partying. It all went down to the point where they had to go and steal potatoes from the field to get something to eat and Roy had to collect bottles to buy some pasta when his brother was away because of his job.
Something needed to be changed so Roy went back to work. Fortunately he found the job which allowed him to finish the school and his brother also realized that this is not the life he wants and quit the drinking.

Step by step the life was starting to go back to normal. Roy finished the school. He found the job that he loves, he became a martial arts instructor. He has been martial arts fan since he was a kid, so he has made one of his dreams a reality. Roy fell in love and got two wonderful kids. After 6 years of being in a relationship, Roy was kicked out from home. He wasn’t giving enough attention to his girlfriend and his girlfriend fell in love with a new person. But Roy didn’t let this ruin his life and found a new girlfriend almost immediately.

Roy was very happy with his new life. The job which he loves, new young girlfriend who he adored like no one ever before. He thought he has got his lessons with past relationships and will not let the history repeat itself again. He had two wonderful kids and he had quite good relationship with the kids mom. So everything was good and he was very happy.

But life had another surprise waiting. One day out of the blue, his new girlfriend breakup with him and Roy fell in deep depression. He didn’t get any explanation why she had left and this ignorance eat him.

Roy become possesed of personal development. He started to read lots of books and watch hundreds of videos on self development.

The date 3.03.2015 can be marked as a birth of Roy 2.0 🙂

Next year was the best year in Roy’s life. First time in his life he enjoyed being alone, he was addicted with self development and he found the real meaning of life – Living in the present moment and going with the flow of life.

There was just one thing missing in Roy’s life, financial security. As Roy had to give trainings only 3 hours a day, he had much free time and he tried to find a way to make money online. After 7 unsuccessful years he finally promised to himself, 2016 is the year when he will do everything in his power to succeed and he has spent all his free time to make this happen. But the financial situation has gone worse and worse with every month. Somehow the amount of students was dropping and the income was going less and less . The online work has not been successful yet and bills that needed to be paid started to increase.

With this situation Roy has faced one of his hardest challenges in life. In autumn one of his kids has to go to school but there is no money to buy the school items. Kids mom is constantly saying, go find a “normal” job where you have fixed salary and you can support us like normal fathers do. But Roy does not want to change his job, he loves his job and his life will lose the point when he has to quit the job he loves. So he is still trying to find a way to make his online career successful and give his kids the life they deserve.

What makes Roy to believe himself is the knowing that everything what has happened before had a certain purpose. All the difficult times have made him stronger and especially the hardest times have given him the best lessons of his life. Because he was bullied in the school, he can now teach peoples how to defend themselves. The loss of his mom at young age, made him independent and made him realize everyone has to take the responsibility for their own life. Because of mom’s death his brother quit drinking and build a family. His brother is now married and has 3 wonderful kids. Roy and his brother are now getting along very well.
The loss of Roy’s last love, made him look inside and he has finally learned how to live life without the mind controlling the life, which lets to live life fully.
And he knows, this last struggle will give him very valuable lesson at the end and he can be grateful that he has been through all those struggles. At the end it will make him a better father, better husband, better friend and better human being.

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This is a story I wanted to share with you and I think you have already found out who Roy is. Yes, this is my life story and now I’m facing one of my hardest challenges in my life but I know I can fight it through and I will be grateful when it all ends. No matter how hard or difficult the challenge can be, if you are not giving up and keep pushing, you will win eventually. Everything has a purpose and when hard times have passed, you will realize it was actually a good thing that has happened, you just have to see the positive side of it. The coin has always two sides, you just have to find the positive side.
So next time when you lose something dare or you have very hard times in your life, know that this has happened for a greater good that is waiting for you.