Notes To Future Self..

Well I've been gearing up to write this piece from the time I got to know about my exam results. Things I have understood, experienced or just simply learnt to deal with over the course of re-writing the exams for my Master's.

When someone ties your hands and feet up at least you can make some noise. But what if your mouth is also stuffed with a piece of cloth. That's how it was for me for the past 4 months...

How did I get through it well the obvious answer is the strength I got from my family and friends. But what exactly was in that strength? The mantra for me was that - "Success is not Final. Failure is not Fatal & most importantly IT IS THE COURAGE TO PERSEVERE THAT COUNTS." I was lucky enough to be enlightened with such a quote by Winston Churchill. I quickly translated this to my situation and asked myself is this the last task I would want to be successful at? The answer was no as if that was the case then I could have just stuck up with my undergrad degree. If i fail is this the end of the road for me? Hell no .. Kittiyaal Kitti Alengil Chatti policy (If you get it well and good, or else SCREW IT). Two sides of the same coin i suppose but I'm only human.

So then I assessed myself how I went about writing my exams the first time and I realized that I studied for it like I was doing some crash course. It just takes a bit of tweaking in the attitude at how one looks at a difficult situation and being in the positive frame of mind always helps. It's easy for anyone to say be positive, but it really comes down to the individual on how to find get into that positive frame of mind. I wrote four exams and am finally glad I conquered all the four and am happily sitting with the degree in my back pocket.

It will be two years in the UK and I feel that I have grown richer in experience and become more level headed. One of many notes I will always hold close to my heart : When you have failed don't look always at the person in front of you, but also at the people along with you and believe in the fact that you can also reach up to them. Just takes an extra bit of effort and a heart. At the same time once you reach the top don't get over excited neither should one get depressed if you have failed.

As Henry Ford says : "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Because no matter what once you think you have climbed a mountain, there will be two more new peaks for you to climb. C'est la vie..