When the going gets tough the tough gets going. This is a quote that resonates well with me. Challenges and obstacles are a part and parcel of each one of our lives, but overcoming them and not getting bogged down by them is the real challenge that we have ahead of us.
Last year when I decided that I wanted to do an MBA, I started preparing for the exams with full enthusiasm and motivation. Being a working professional and staying away from home it was a little difficult to maintain that balance between the hectic work life and studies. However, I managed and was doing quite well until I was infected with Dengue in October, a month before the exams. My entire world came crashing down. I felt that all the hard work and sacrifices I had made over the year will now be for nothing.
However, I decided not to give up until the race is over. I studied harder and gave it my best shot. I ended up with 93.7 percentile and got into TAPMI, a premier MBA institution. Now that I look back, I am glad that I did not give up and had faith in my abilities until the last moment. And as the famous saying goes, the tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face.