Hurraahh!!!! We
won.....The History has been created. The first time a Silver has been won in
badminton, and that too, by a woman. Ms.
P.V. Sindhu has succeeded in winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, 2016,
even after her lose from World No. 1, Carolina Marin of Spain.
Many eyes remained
glued to the match, thousands of prayers were offered for Sindhu before and
during the match and the best part was that even after her defeat, people
praised her and congratulated her for her determination, grit and performance
during the match. No doubt, she is quite young and has miles to go, yet her
fighting spirit was awesome.......and that truly deserves praise.
Really, win or loss,
hardly matters. What matters a lot is
the determination to achieve something. The hardwork one does, the motivation
and perseverance one acquires, and more
importantly the knowledge and change in personality prompts an individual to
achieve something even after losing at
maiden chance. We have many examples of achievers who had to face challenges in
the initial phase of their attempts to achieve success.
There is a famous saying, ‘’Rome was not built in a day”. Of
course, many trials and tribulations are encountered by a warrior, rather, a
seeker. Here, I would like to cite a story. Once, two stones were talking at a
sculptor’s place. One of them said, “We were brought from the same place, but
how come you turned into the statue of a deity and I remained a simple piece of
stone?” The other one calmly replied, I tolerated the pain when I was beaten by
hammer and patiently allowed the sculptor to turn me into a statue but you
broke down by his hammer” Actually, this applies in life also. When we want to
achieve something, we have to bear pains, we have to face losses, criticisms
and other obstacles. One who gets broken by them and quits, fails to achieve
the ultimate. But, who goes on and on with his work, succeeds
.
And, the world always salutes the rising stars. But what
about the non- achievers? Are they destined to get lost amongst the crowd? Yes,
it’s true. Such non-achievers who worked hard, but could not achieve their
goal, often get lost, remaining unrecognized.
We can find many faces around us who often feel depressed due to
‘unsuccess’ which they term as “failure”. They themselves forget what they have
acquired during the journey and let the society exploit their worth. In contrast, there are some who try and find a
candle of light inspite of darkness. That is, inspite of unsuccess in achieving
their ultimate, they don’t let that failure exploit them and they turn out to
be winners on their own and to the world also. Here, I would like to use quotes by an unknown
poet,
“kya haar mein, kya jeet mein,
Kinchit nahi bhaibheet main
Sangharsh
path per jo mile,
Yeh bhi sahi, wah bhi sahi”
The moral of the story is that though success attracts
everyone, it is not the ultimate end of life. Indeed, the taste of success is
very delicious and everyone thrives for it, one should not get carried away by
the zeal. Preserving one’s own individuality and worth is the most important
thing and this is the thing that is beyond all success and failures.
