In a small town, there lived an old clockmaker named Raghav. His shop was filled with hundreds of clocks—big ones, small ones, some shiny, some rusty. People came to him not just to fix their clocks, but also to hear his wise words.
One afternoon, a young man entered, frustrated with his life.
“Everything is going wrong,” he said. “I work hard, but I’m not successful. I try to be good, but people don’t value me. My time feels wasted.”
Raghav listened quietly and then handed him a broken pocket watch.
“Fix this,” he said.
The young man opened it, but the gears were tiny and complex. After a few minutes, he sighed, “It’s impossible. It will never work again.”
The old man smiled. “That’s how you see your life—broken, complicated, impossible. But let me show you.”
With patience, Raghav carefully placed each piece back, adjusting the gears until the watch began to tick again. The young man watched in awe.
“See,” Raghav said softly, “Every clock is different, every gear moves at its own pace. Some tick loudly, some tick slowly, but all of them are moving forward. Life is the same you cannot compare your time with others. Even if you feel broken, with patience and care, you will tick again.”
The young man’s eyes filled with tears. For the first time, he realized that his struggles did not mean he was failing—they only meant his time had not yet come.
When he left the shop, the world outside looked the same, but he walked differently. With hope. With patience. With faith that his clock too, was still ticking
Life isn’t a race against others. Everyone’s clock ticks at its own pace—trust yours.
