Rama Devi’s room looked like a cyclone had come in, danced Bharatanatyam, and left off in a hurry without even a sorry
Clothes were all over the floor like they were protesting.
Crayons were partying in every corner.
Snack wrappers were hiding like they owed someone money.
Rama looked into the mirror and talked to herself saying,
“I am the disaster.”
Even the towel hanging on the fan nodded like, “ Yes girl, 100%.”
But then squeakkkkk !
A lonely sock under the bed said,
“Excuse me! I’m dirty. That doesn’t mean you are.”
Then a crumpled worksheet made a papery fart noise and added,
“Hellooo madam..I have mistakes. That doesn’t mean you are a mistake!”
Rama stared. “But... I made this mess. So I am also the mess.”
Suddenly, the dustbin just woke up from a Sunday afternoon nap.
& said,
“ Do you see us, baby ? ”
“Yes…” said Rama.
“Can you touch us?” asked the worksheet.
She replied: “Yeah.”
“Then we’re just stuff lying around. We’re not you, yaar! We’re just jobs you haven’t finished yet,” said the sock, sounding like a wise old gnani
Rama looked at her hands.
“These hands made the mess,” she whispered.
“Then these same hands can clean it,” said the dustbin.
“You don’t have to be a cleaning all at once. Just start small.”
So Rama did:
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One sock into the basket.
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One wrapper into the bin.
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One book back on the shelf (after flipping through it for 2 minutes, obviously).
Bit by bit, the room transformed π less war zone - more living zone.
Later, Rama stood in front of the mirror. The room was peaceful, like her mom after coffee.
She smiled and said:
“I’m not my mess. I’m the one who decides what to do with it.”
And the mirror replied:
“ Sahi baat! Now go comb your hair, you Lazy baby”
π Morals
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You are not your mess.
Your dirty room, your unfinished homework, or your mistakes are things around you. They are not you. -
If you can see it, you can change it.
If you can point at it (your room, your habits, your choices), then you can do something about it, step by step. -
Thoughts are not facts.
When you think, “I am a disaster” or “I am stupid,” that is just a thought, not the truth. Thoughts can be wrong, just like a wrong answer on a test. -
Small actions make big changes.
You don’t have to fix everything at once. One sock, one book, one wrapper at a time can slowly change a big problem. -
Feelings come and go, but you stay.
You might feel messy, sad, or angry today and different tomorrow. Your feelings change, but you are still you and you can always try again.

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