🌙 The Darkest Night in the Kingdom
One winter evening in Emperor Akbar’s court, the mood was unusually grim. A long drought had gripped the kingdom. The people were restless, the crops were dry, and even the poets had fallen silent.
Akbar stared out of his window and sighed,
“Birbal, will this dark time ever end? Sometimes I wonder if hope is just a tale we tell ourselves.”
Birbal smiled gently.
“Jahapanah, I understand your heart. May I show you something tomorrow morning?”
That night, Birbal instructed the guards to take the emperor to a quiet open field just before dawn. It was pitch dark, cold, and absolutely still.
Shivering slightly, Akbar grumbled,
“Birbal, is this your solution to sorrow? A cold empty field in darkness?”
Birbal said nothing. He pointed east.
A few moments passed.
Slowly, the sky changed. From deep blue to soft lavender. From silence to the sound of birds awakening.
🌅 The sun rose, and with it, warmth, light, and new possibility.
Birbal turned and said,
“Badshah, even the darkest night ends. Just as the sun always rises, so too do hope, clarity, and answers — if we wait for them with patience.”
Akbar smiled, a little lighter than before.
“You’ve reminded me once again, Birbal, that despair is just a shadow. Not the end.”
✍️ Author’s Insight:
Writing a book is much like waiting for dawn.
You’ll face dark moments —
Writer’s block.
Rejection emails.
Low book sales.
Doubt from others.
And worse — doubt from yourself.
But here's the truth:
📚 That chapter you’re stuck on today may become someone else’s turning point tomorrow.
📌 Hold on. Edit again. Rewrite if you must.
The sunrise — the breakthrough, the clarity, the perfect sentence — is coming.
Trust the process. The page will light up.