Not all truths live in numbers.
Not all answers come from proofs.
Some truths whisper softly through feelings, courage, and connection.
Life is not a laboratory.
It is a journey of the heart.
We walk on a long pole in the dark, step by step, not knowing where it ends.
Yet we walk.
We question.
We search.
Because truth is not handed to us, it is discovered.
Some stop midway and accept ready-made answers.
But philosophy teaches us
to keep walking,
to keep wondering,
to keep asking - Why?
Growth begins where blind belief ends.
Happiness is not found in winning over others,
nor in comparing lives.
It grows quietly when we contribute,
when we care,
when we feel useful to someone, somewhere.
We are not prisoners of our past.
We are not defined by yesterday.
Every day, we choose who we want to be.
Freedom begins the moment blame ends.
Courage is not loud.
It is gentle.
It is the small voice that says -
“Walk anyway.”
“Think for yourself.”
“Be kind.”
“Be different.”
“Be you.”
Perhaps that is the real lesson:
Not to seek a perfect life,
but a meaningful one.
Not to be liked by everyone,
but to live truthfully.
And to keep walking the pole…
even in the dark.
Akanksha Pandey
Sunbeam School Mughalsarai
