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There comes a moment when the world grows still – not because the noise has ended, but because your heart knows what it must do. It is the stillness before a bow is drawn, before an arrow finds its mark. In the Ramayana, Rama did not lift his bow to prove himself, but because life demanded it. He did not count the odds, the armies, or the distance to victory. He simply stood where the path was clear, and once that path revealed itself, there was no turning away.
I’m not talking about proving a point. I’m not here to win an argument, to feed an ego, or to walk away with applause. None of that matters anymore. This isn’t about me being “right.” This is about doing right.
Doing the right thing is rarely convenient. It costs you time, peace, relationships, comfort – sometimes all of it at once. It forces you to stand in storms when there’s a warm shelter just a step away. But I’m wise enough and I’ve lived long enough to know that the shelter built on compromise is colder than the wind outside.
I’m ready to take the hard road.
Not because I enjoy the pain, though I embrace it.
Not because I’m fearless, though God is with me.
But because I can’t look away anymore.
If I’ve made mistakes, I will own them – fully, without deflecting or pretending they didn’t happen. If I’ve hurt someone, I will face it, speak it, and bridge it where I can. To me, that too is justice. Justice isn’t just about calling out wrongs; it’s about correcting your own.
There’s an odd calm in this readiness. No rush, no desperation. Just that quiet, solid knowledge that when the moment comes, I will not bend for convenience, I will not twist for acceptance, and I will not run for safety.
The easy thing can save your face.
The right thing can save your soul.
And I’d rather leave this world with my soul intact, with my righteousness intact.
If life ever brings us face to face again, I want no shadows between us. No words left unsaid. No truth left undone. No time left wasted.
This is not a vow to the world. This is a promise to myself. To act, to stand, to repair where I’ve faltered, and to do justice – once and for all.
Because the ones who know me, know that : I listen to every heart that is sincere.
Yato Dharma Tato Jaya
