There is nothing that beats success and there is nothing more mesemerising than watching your country win. The gold medal distribution, the national anthem, the tricolor make you not only a proud citizen but there's a certain nostalgic feeling that creeps in as well. Your mind is subjected to a flashback mechanism, where you tend to remember the team's win in the quaters, then the semis and the finals and convince yourself that your watching all these matches really helped. Tears of joy(although guys hate to admit this) roll down your cheeks...but the feeling just doesnt stop there,u also realize how close the match was.You start admiring the losing team for how well they fought and if it had been their day, they would have surely landed on the wining side.
As distinct as it may sound, the difference between victory and defeat is really subtle. Every single moment makes a difference. One outstanding day and u are the next kid on the block and one bad miss makes u a loser for life. One raised finger, signifying the departure of Sachin Tendulkar, breaks a million hearts. One grave mistake costs u a seat at one of the prestigious institutes u always dreamt of. One streak of"good luck" might change your life where as one wrong decision might continue to plague you for life.
With the fear of sounding "philosophical",as my sister would say, life is an unscripted piece of drama. A drama where the difference between victory and success doesnt count at all, its the result that counts. Who cares if u lose a match by 2 runs or 200. A look at the medals tally in the ongoing Asian Games tells us that of the 53 medals we won, just nine of them were Gold. We happened to be among the top 3, 53 times, but won just 9 Golds. Had we converted even half of those chances into fullproof victories, we would have been among the top 4 countries in Asia. A right marriage decision and your life's blissiful where as a wrong one could make this place a hell. There are times when one is very close to victory,literally on the verge of winning, but being close enough isnt gud enough. You need to have that extraaa pull. Bhaktyar might have lost the competition by just half a mark, but what matters is that he lost. Soccer World cup semifinals saw Germany winning in the last few seconds(mili seconds actually), however gud Italy played, the record says that they lost. One bad mistake and all their effort was down the drain. A dear friend flunked a viva by just half a mark.Imagine, half a mark making all the difference. An extra second, me marking that 4 mark question and i wouldnt ve been writing this post.
Life is a series of objective exams. And according to a computer scientist, these objective exams would follow a binary system. Its either 0 or 1, Yes or No. According to a mathematician, life would be a chain of events victory and defeat, each mutually exclusive of the other. While there is unbridled celebration on one side, sadly, there is complete devastation on the other. There is no scope for that "0.5" or a "close yes".
This must ve happened with all of us( it happened with me, so there is no reason why it wldnt ve happened wid u). One event could have resulted in to u leading a better life, being an altogether different person. You might have missed the magical figure by just a whisker, but it hurts when you realise that. You cry over the lost oppurtunity,the days u took it easy,you curse your fate. More importantly what we dont realize is that it was the fate that we chose ourselves.
Let us not let "fate" govern our lives..lets drive failure out of our lives.. lets not suffer that pain again..and lets enjoy the journey..the more we enjoy the journey, the sooner/safer we reach our destination.. :)
PS: Arpit insists that he was in the right frame of mind when he wrote this. Though, the author isnt very sure :D :D
Even if u found this post to be totally bakwaas...plz post your valuable feedback..
As distinct as it may sound, the difference between victory and defeat is really subtle. Every single moment makes a difference. One outstanding day and u are the next kid on the block and one bad miss makes u a loser for life. One raised finger, signifying the departure of Sachin Tendulkar, breaks a million hearts. One grave mistake costs u a seat at one of the prestigious institutes u always dreamt of. One streak of"good luck" might change your life where as one wrong decision might continue to plague you for life.
With the fear of sounding "philosophical",as my sister would say, life is an unscripted piece of drama. A drama where the difference between victory and success doesnt count at all, its the result that counts. Who cares if u lose a match by 2 runs or 200. A look at the medals tally in the ongoing Asian Games tells us that of the 53 medals we won, just nine of them were Gold. We happened to be among the top 3, 53 times, but won just 9 Golds. Had we converted even half of those chances into fullproof victories, we would have been among the top 4 countries in Asia. A right marriage decision and your life's blissiful where as a wrong one could make this place a hell. There are times when one is very close to victory,literally on the verge of winning, but being close enough isnt gud enough. You need to have that extraaa pull. Bhaktyar might have lost the competition by just half a mark, but what matters is that he lost. Soccer World cup semifinals saw Germany winning in the last few seconds(mili seconds actually), however gud Italy played, the record says that they lost. One bad mistake and all their effort was down the drain. A dear friend flunked a viva by just half a mark.Imagine, half a mark making all the difference. An extra second, me marking that 4 mark question and i wouldnt ve been writing this post.
Life is a series of objective exams. And according to a computer scientist, these objective exams would follow a binary system. Its either 0 or 1, Yes or No. According to a mathematician, life would be a chain of events victory and defeat, each mutually exclusive of the other. While there is unbridled celebration on one side, sadly, there is complete devastation on the other. There is no scope for that "0.5" or a "close yes".
This must ve happened with all of us( it happened with me, so there is no reason why it wldnt ve happened wid u). One event could have resulted in to u leading a better life, being an altogether different person. You might have missed the magical figure by just a whisker, but it hurts when you realise that. You cry over the lost oppurtunity,the days u took it easy,you curse your fate. More importantly what we dont realize is that it was the fate that we chose ourselves.
Let us not let "fate" govern our lives..lets drive failure out of our lives.. lets not suffer that pain again..and lets enjoy the journey..the more we enjoy the journey, the sooner/safer we reach our destination.. :)
PS: Arpit insists that he was in the right frame of mind when he wrote this. Though, the author isnt very sure :D :D
Even if u found this post to be totally bakwaas...plz post your valuable feedback..
