A few people are fortunate to get a second chance in life and I am grateful I was one of them. An incident that took place in my childhood was fundamental in shaping my outlook towards life. I met with a critical accident when I was five, I fell from the third floor of a building. I thankfully just broke a few bones but survived. When I had almost recovered in the hospital, one day my father while normally talking to me said, “In your life you will be wounded many times. You’ll make mistakes, fail and fall but you must always turn these wounds into wisdom. Everything happens for a reason, be a fighter in life!”
This in turn helped me in different phases of my life. As a district level badminton player, I would daily train for 2-3 hours. Once in the tournaments I lost to my arch rival, this was an important match for selections of the inter district tournaments and I lost it. I was dejected and felt like just giving up my sport that night. But, “Failures happen for a reason, be a fighter” this just re-played into my mind. Next day I was up again for the practice and did continue playing for a long time and won some medals as well.
Later, in my teenage I went through a transition from home to hostel. New place, new people and I was alone. I had to take care of myself and make decisions on my home, I was extremely homesick. I would cry every single day that I want to go back home. But, then again dad reminded me I was a fighter and I could be an independent girl every day. As time passed I did actually become completely independent, traveled alone to another country, went for solo trips, lived in different places for education and work.
While I was working I under went through a heart break, I went into a shell for a few months. I was depressed and anxiety took on my nerves. I had lost my self-confidence. This went on for a while but then I realized I was making a mistake, I had to turn this wound into a wisdom and get the fighter mode on once again. Eventually I regained my mental peace back.
When I made my first presentation at my B-school I realized I had stage fright. I worked on it and practiced and faced it upfront. By now I had learnt that, any mistake, failure or problem can be dealt with. All you need to do is be a fighter and persistently work on it!
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