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I\u2019m an observer and I love taking long walks. Especially, with myself. Am I saying this because I\u2019m lonely or I don\u2019t have friends to go out with? Well, no that\u2019s not the case. I enjoy my company, but that\u2019s a topic for some other day. Today, I\u2019m going to talk about something very important which the nature taught me, in the most simplistic manner. And yet, it has been one of the most amazing realizations of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was walking back home from a long tiring metro ride from college immersed in my thoughts of what my journey has been like. I was always top of my class in school. I was a popular face and it pushed me harder to become even better. I wanted to set an example.  After the board exams, I scored well and took admission in one of the most reputed colleges of this country. Great, right? Seemed like that to me too. Whenever someone asked me which college I was studying in, I knew their lips were going to take the shape of an \u201cO\u201d after listening to my answer. The feeling was good, honestly. That was the first week of college. Now that it\u2019s barely a month left of college life, if someone asks me where I am studying and make the shape of an \u201cO\u201d with their mouth at my response, I have only one remark. \u201cGetting in is easy. Surviving it, that\u2019s the real challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My score in college was decent. But I wasn\u2019t the topper. I was the all-rounder in school and here, I couldn\u2019t crack a single society audition. From a scholar, I turned above average. I failed bitterly (no, not academically). I failed elections, I failed auditions, and I failed interviews. Limelight me rehne ki itni aadat thi, sambhaala hi nahi gaya! I\u2019m sure it has happened to most of us, but it is admitting it that\u2019s the real deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was this journey that I was thinking about on that walk back home. As I turned into the lane to my house, right adjacent to the park, a carpet of \u2018fallen\u2019 yellow and brown, dry and lifeless leaves greeted my feet. Kicking like a kid, I walked on. As an afterthought, I had a realization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did the leaves choose to fall?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did they want to fall?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do they have the ability to \u2018get back up\u2019 and become lively again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t volunteer to fall. I didn\u2019t want to fall. And yet I did! But unlike those leaves, human beings do have the ability to get back up and be lively again. It is this absolutely magical ability we possess that the leaves don\u2019t. And yet we forget it so easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what did I do to survive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I invested in myself and expanded my skill set drying up my tears of self pity. When I chose to keep getting back up, eventually I did achieve whatever I wanted to achieve. Had I achieved it all in the first shot itself, I would have never learnt to strengthen my core and not give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour success may be delayed, but it\u2019s not far away if you keep trying, rest assured!\u201d That\u2019s what my college has taught me to live by and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picture Courtesy: Batman (Mehul Gupta)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m an observer and I love taking long walks. Especially, with myself. Am I saying this because I\u2019m lonely or I don\u2019t have friends to go out with? Well, no that\u2019s not the case. I enjoy my company, but that\u2019s a topic for some other day. Today, I\u2019m going to talk about something very important which the nature taught me, in the most simplistic manner. And yet, it has been one of the most amazing realizations of my life. I was walking back home from a long tiring metro ride from college immersed in my thoughts of what my journey has been like. I was always top of my class in school. I was a popular face and it pushed me harder to become even better. I wanted to set an example.  After the board exams, I scored well and took admission in one of the most reputed colleges of this country. Great, right? Seemed like that to me too. Whenever someone asked me which college I was studying in, I knew their lips were going to take the shape of an \u201cO\u201d after listening to my answer. The feeling was good, honestly. That was the first week of college. Now that it\u2019s barely a month left of college life, if someone asks me where I am studying and make the shape of an \u201cO\u201d with their mouth at my response, I have only one remark. \u201cGetting in is easy. Surviving it, that\u2019s the real challenge.\u201d My score in college was decent. But I wasn\u2019t the topper. I was the all-rounder in school and here, I couldn\u2019t crack a single society audition. From a scholar, I turned above average. I failed bitterly (no, not academically). I failed elections, I failed auditions, and I failed interviews. Limelight me rehne ki itni aadat thi, sambhaala hi nahi gaya! I\u2019m sure it has happened to most of us, but it is admitting it that\u2019s the real deal. It was this journey that I was thinking about on that walk back home. As I turned into the lane to my house, right adjacent to the park, a carpet of \u2018fallen\u2019 yellow and brown, dry and lifeless leaves greeted my feet. Kicking like a kid, I walked on. As an afterthought, I had a realization. Did the leaves choose to fall? No. Did they want to fall? No. Do they have the ability to \u2018get back up\u2019 and become lively again? No. I didn\u2019t volunteer to fall. I didn\u2019t want to fall. And yet I did! But unlike those leaves, human beings do have the ability to get back up and be lively again. It is this absolutely magical ability we possess that the leaves don\u2019t. And yet we forget it so easily. So what did I do to survive? I invested in myself and expanded my skill set drying up my tears of self pity. When I chose to keep getting back up, eventually I did achieve whatever I wanted to achieve. Had I achieved it all in the first shot itself, I would have never learnt to strengthen my core and not give up. \u201cYour success may be delayed, but it\u2019s not far away if you keep trying, rest assured!\u201d That\u2019s what my college has taught me to live by and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful. 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