Sunday 14 June 2020

Toxic Family and Toxic Environment: My Life has been Painful. Life is Great




"I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged." —J. K. Rowling


I was born in a toxic family and grew in a toxic environment. My childhood was painful with suffering and struggles. I was passionate about reading and acquiring qualifications but I was a dyslexic with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). I was a below-average student. I did not enjoy convent education. I used to go to substandard schools and assisted my father after school time in his tea stall—sometimes collecting cash, sometimes making tea, and sometimes cleaning dishes left by the customers. So, I could not enjoy my childhood with my passions and sports. God was kind to me and showed me the path to join the Indian Air Force (IAF) when I was 19 years old. That was the place I started to grow as a positive and healthy individual eating well, exercising well, studying well, and receiving a little payment every month. When I joined IAF I was not even a graduate. But I continued my education and acquired several qualifications by working hard in service and sacrificing my leisure time and holidays to pursue education through correspondence courses. I earned, my DME, BSc, MA, PGDCLL, PGDBM, and MBA while serving in the Indian Air Force, and finally earned my Ph.D. in 2011. I did a business that did not workout ended up with financial challenges. My wife, two sons and I have been undergoing financial challenges for the last 13 years. We lived in a single bedroom flat and slept on the floor without cot. My life has been painful. I was cheated by my siblings and rogue relatives. But God has been kind to me by holding my hands and showing me the right path to share my knowledge freely with the world and serve others. Life is great. 


“Let there be a time in our lives to hear the singing of angels throwing your life into a new and creative relatedness. Despite the grit, harsh discords of life, we are lifted and saved, again and again by the times we hear around us the singing of angels.” —Kare Anderson

Reference
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Life is great!

Professor M.S. Rao
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India


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