"Courage doesn't always have to roar out loud. Sometimes, it’s just a little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again, tomorrow".
One of the things that my life has taught me so far is that it’s always the little things which make a huge difference. Start off with baby steps and soon you’ll find yourself on the mountain peak. Every human being is supposed to fail and fall every now and then. Failure is like a gravitational force on the earth that pulls you down if your hot air balloon doesn’t have enough gas in it or the balloon has some hole in it. But the moment you fix it appropriately, even the strongest of gravitational force fails and it lets you fly as high as you want to. So what fixes your failures?
I still remember while I was just a month away from my Step 1, I scored so bad in one of the practice tests and that failure had just thrashed me down with my face on the floor, very ruthlessly. After washing away my frustration and disappointment in tears, a little voice somewhere in me said ‘ I won’t let this one test take away all the effort that I’ve put in the past 9 months, I won’t let it take away my dream to score high in the exam, I won’t let it close the doors of success on me. Tomorrow will be a new day and I will try again tomorrow and fix this damn failure!” And so I did, Alhumdulillah.
Courage and the stubbornness to not let failure fail me have been my two major weapons to fight off the speed breakers that came in my way. But I strongly believe that there needs to be someone who can stand right by your side when you’re falling down, to catch you and tell you “It’s all going to be alright”. I too had my savior.
There’s nothing like the high that you get when you harbor courage and do the apparently un-doable. There can be no courage unless you’re not scared just like the way there can be no morning if there is no night. Be scared but go on anyhow. Failure will try to look into your eyes and distract you, but all you got to do is don’t lose your ground, don’t give away your spot to it, just stay there and it WILL go away. Hanging in there is all what courage is about.
“Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.”
What an inspirational read! I am just so impressed by your dedication, hardwork and belief-in-yourself, Sarah! I wish and pray that you get whatever you wish for (Ameen!). :)
ReplyDeleteI still remember the poem from school:
"Try and try again folks
you will win at last!"
Simple yet powerful words... may Allah give us all the courage to get up after every failure and start afresh!
ps: congrats on starting your own blog. :)
Thank you SO much, Sania! It's my pleasure to have you read my posts :)
ReplyDeleteSarah we often read these types of inspirational thoughts but coming from a friend makes you completely speechless and makes you believe in courage and success! Thanx!
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