Part B – How I overcome challenges to achieve my ambitions in life.
Challenges are a very important part of our life. They make us strong and without them our life becomes meaningless and boring. It is said “If we did not have the bad days, we wouldn’t know how to appreciate the brighter days”.
My life has always been a roller coaster ride. I was a very brilliant student and always got good grades in the exams. In spite of this, I struggled to get into a good engineering college. I dropped a year and prepared for IIT but still didn’t get good rank. I scored well in AIEEE and took admission in an engineering college in Roorkee. But my dream of studying in an IIT shattered and because of this, I became depressed. The aftermath of this was I lost all of my self-confidence and started doubting on myself in every aspect. I started to stay alone and stopped speaking to everyone including my family. I will just go to college, finish lectures and then return to room, do assignment and sleep. It went on like this for months. My parents were watching all this and they knew what was going in my mind. One day they sat me through with them and gave me a piece of advice and helped me recover from my fears. They told if we lose something precious we will double our hard work to achieve the next impossible thing. Hearing these words from my parents were an eye-opener. I slowly regained my self-confidence and finished my college with distinction.
With the timely help of my parents and their confidence in me, I achieved every dream that I wished for after this incident. As somebody has said “Everyone has obstacles to overcome but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.”