Happiness Comes Knocking At The Door

Life is full of expectations, hope and celebrations. “Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude with your loved ones…”

  Now at Shafa even the families make it a point to be with their loved ones, like the family of Ashish Charles, gathered together from different parts like father travelled all the way from abroad, mother came from Rishikesh and wife from Delhi. They made no bones about the distance and the weather in celebrating the Sixth Marriage Anniversary.

          His mother & father shared the change which they have noticed in Ashish that how keen, excited and happy he looks to celebrate the occasion with them. Where in past they hardly got together and at times he (Ashish) used to be in such inebriate condition that they used to avoid involving him in the family occasions. Also, today the family showed their gratitude towards Shafa for cherishing this moment, which they lacked in their past life.

                                       Ashish during his sharing Quoted “I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance”, by saying just these two lines he said everything…

                                And to end, one of our counselor Mr. Balbir Singh Quoted “Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it”.

                        A true happiness could be seen in the eyes of his wife and parents, as the photographs speak for themselves….  

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THREE MUSKETEERS OF RECOVERY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN SHAFA HOME

       On the 12th of December 2013, "Three Musketeers" ex. resident members of Shafa Home came to share their their hope, strength and wisdom in recovery. Mr. Rajan Kalra of 7 years recovery, Mr. Kulwinder Singh of 6 years recovery and Mr. Lovish Gupta were welcomed with warm wishes from our residents and staff. 

       They imparted their new found courage to live a life free of substances upon our attentive residents. These three young men began by expressing their initial worries and fears when they entered treatment and how, over the one-year Shafa programme, they grew emotionally, mentally and spiritually as they progressed further into sobriety. 

       Rajan, Kulwinder and Lovish collectively shared the respect they had earned amongst their peers while in sobriety, how they contended with substance-triggering thoughts and experiences as they left Shafa Home and embarked on entering wider society. They also shared the hope for their future and talked about the postive change of perception their family members had of them.

       Our residents were moved by their sincerity and dedication towards living a clean and positive life; a far cry away from their past habits and behaviours.

       These young men are now able to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives while having standing and respect amongst their fellows in society. They are truly grateful for the oppurtunity Shafa Home had granted upon them to transform what was once a stagnant and wasteful life into a flourishing success.

       This day was a huge motivation and emotional boost to our newly recovering Shafa members. It goes to show that with determination, discipline and dedication, nothing can hinder the progress of a person who is willing to turn their life around for the better.