By Sivasankar venkatakrishnan (oshovenkat)
Life is not just an experience — it is a classroom, and every moment is a lesson. The purpose of life’s lessons is simple: to awaken us, to make us aware, and to help us grow. But growth happens only when we are ready to learn. Without that readiness, the same lesson appears again and again, through different faces, different situations, until we truly understand.
When we learn from our mistakes, life promotes us — not with applause, but by offering us deeper challenges, richer experiences, and greater inner strength. Every mistake we overcome takes us one step higher — both in our material journey and in our spiritual evolution.
But when we refuse to see, when we repeat the same patterns, life does not punish us out of cruelty. Life simply holds us in the same class, until we are prepared. What we call suffering is often the result of our own resistance to learn.
Often, we look at others who rise in life — in wealth, wisdom, or inner peace — and we feel envy. But if we look closely, we will see: they have learned what life asked of them. Their growth is a reflection of their readiness to move forward.
Life promotes no one by accident. Each promotion is earned through understanding, through not repeating the same mistake twice, through silent acceptance of the lesson. The path to higher levels — whether material or spiritual — lies in our own hands: in our courage to learn, in our willingness to change.
Let us remember: life teaches with infinite patience. The sooner we listen, the sooner we are lifted.
