How I’ve overcome challenges to achieve my ambitions in life so far?-TAPMI

Losing your near and dear ones in life always comes as a shock and sometimes it is quite difficult to revive oneself from such shocks. Something very similar happened to me when I lost my maternal grandmother. She had broken her hip a couple of months ago and was prescribed bed rest. We tried to explain it to her that this was a sort of injury from which she could recover but it felt as if that fall had killed her will to live. We tried to raise her spirits and initially it worked but after sometime her health condition started deteriorating. After about six months from her fall she passed away. Even though I knew that my grandmother’s condition was deteriorating, I always felt that she would recuperate and would stay with us for a longer time. Her demise came as a shock to me because I feel I wasn’t ready to face the reality. It was a bit difficult for me to concentrate on my studies for a while after that. I felt that life was testing my strength somehow because my 11^thstandard final exams started just after a week of my grandmother’s demise. That phase in life taught me how to deal with grief in my life, it also taught me to ensure that other parts of my life especially academics shouldn’t get affected by anything else. The only reason I performed well and secured the first position in class was because of the support of my family and friends. I also remembered that my grandmother had taught me to never doubt my capabilities ever in life. She’d taught me that time waits for no one and one should always be ready to face choppy waters.