Have Faith On Your Time Zone

Hello Friends,

Today I want to share a motivating lesson with all of you. We all go through lots of ups and downs in life. There even comes a point in life when we feel disheartened and get upset when our life don’t go as per our plan and we start losing faith on ourselves but believe me everyone has their own “Time Zone”.

Now, you all must be wondering what I meant by saying everyone has their own “Time Zone”. Let me explain this with the help of example:

Kenya is two hours ahead of Nigeria. It does not mean that Nigeria is slow, and Kenya is faster. Both countries are working based on their own "Time Zone."

Someone got married and 'waited' ten years before having a child, and there is another who had a baby within one year of a late marriage.

Someone graduated at the age of 22, yet waited 5 years before securing a job; and there is another who graduated at the age of 27 and secured employment immediately.

Someone became CEO at the age of 25 and died at the age of 50 while another became a CEO at the age of 50 and lived upto 90 years.

Everyone worked according to their 'Time Zone'... "Seem" to go ahead of you. Don't envy them, it's their 'Time Zone.’ Yours is coming soon.

Have “Faith” on yourself and on your “Time Zone”, everything will definitely fall in its place sooner or later…! Hold on, be strong, and stay true to yourself. All things will work together for your good. You’re not late… you’re on time..!

(Chapter Four) : Day Three of Sandakphu Trekking from Kalpokhri to Sandakphu

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Finally Day Three was bright and challenging morning with dazzling blue sky, the lovely mountains, the chirping of birds, the cold breeze blowing with an immense roar everything seemed eternally beautiful. And after a mental preparation of hard toil for the day we took the last lap and started walking skywards from Kalipokhri to “Sandakphu”, the highest peak in the state of West Bengal covering approx 8 kms.

The first three kilometers was more or less flat and within one and half hours we reached Bikhebhanjang. The trail was zig zags up the hill full of Aconite plants. This Aconite plants is the reason behind the name of this place Bikheybhanjyang, Bikhey means "Vish" or Poison.

We got bemused seeing the trail upto Sandakphu, the gradient of the stretch was so steep that it felt like nose is about to touch the ground. It becomes increasingly difficult for me to describe the walk to the climax with an altitude gain every few meter. All the strains will simply disappear as you see the board saying “Welcome to Sandakphu”; you are at an altitude of at 3636 m/ 11,929 ft on the summit of Singalila range, paradise of trekking.

You got to be at the place to experience the feeling which no words can describe. If you belong to the concrete jungle and your heart is a chaotic battlefield every day, this is an ideal place to be. We hoped the weather stayed as it is and not deteriorate. But as they say – Man proposes and God disposes. The fog returned. The weather which looked like a beautiful lady now appeared an evil witch eager to rob us from the post card perfect views around. When we reached Sandakphu, the wind was blowing with an unrestrained rage and thick fog had blocked the view of the mountain ranges. 

Soon we made ourselves comfortable in the cozy room inside “Sunrise Lodge”. In these harsh terrains getting resources takes lot of efforts but we were showered with amazing hospitality which touched our heart and soothed our pain. 

In the evening post dinner erratic and biting cold wind started blowing straight from the Himalayas which dropped the temperature to almost zero making us shiver and gasping for breath due to thin air. We witnessed something that could aptly be described as miss and blink odyssey to Paradise..! With hardly any streak of light in the atmosphere atop the hill, the zillions of stars overhead seemed at stone’s throw distance from us. Enveloping the dark environ was thick canopy of stars that covered Sandakphu like a blanket. It was this overwhelming feeling of being on the top of the world that made us brave with élan.

(Chapter Three) : Day Two of Sandakhu Trekking from Tumling to Kalpokhri

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The second morning of our trekking greeted us cordially with a beautiful glimpse of sunrise over the hill top, though the clouds and mountains tried their best to hide the sun, the tinge of a yellowish orange sky made for one of the awe inspiring view of Sleeping Buddha, the illusionary image created by Eastern Himalayas one could ever see across these mountains when the sun hit the tip of Mount Kanchenjunga and sky gradually clearing out and continuous change of colour of the whole Mount Kanchenjunga range basking in sunrays through the clouds was just magical colossal beauty of nature.

After the sunrise phenomenon we got back to our lodge, had our breakfast and started proceeding towards our next destination. It was a long day as we covered approx 14 kms crossing Singalila National Park which had a gradual descend full of ups and down covering 8 kms and taxing on knees but beautifully laden meadows replete in plush greenery of flora, bamboo and Rhododendron forests was rare and vibrant.

Usually the journey post lunch is way more painful and to add to the pain the trail post garibas was rugged hill with uneven stones which made the ascend complex and tiring. After Kayakata the walk was painstaking. Clear skies accompanied us most of the time but we knew that change is constant in mystical Himalayas.

In no time, we were once again walking into the mist and sight blocked by the chilling fog. The heart kept hammering into the chest as we kept climbing up and each turn leading to a slew of endless turn making the voyage absolutely irksome.

Finally we negotiated the hardship to reach our shelter at “Chuwang Lodge”, Kalpokhri where nature’s wonder a picturesque Black Lake laid amidst the mountains considered holy by the locals and waters of this lake, believed to have medicinal value, never freeze, even in the winter..!  

By the time we reached it was dark and really cold, all of us were exhausted after an assiduous walk. Once again we had early dinner and were off to bed excited with the thought of being at Sandakphu the next day…!