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The Roller Coaster Ride on spikes

 Yes, there I was in the second week of my engineering college still contemplating and mulling over the fact that I couldn’t make it to prestigious IITs. The entire one year of turmoil used to flashback again and again in front of my eyes only to reveal that I failed. During the intense period of IIT JEE preparation for around 10 months, I couldn’t remember a day when I haven’t studied for at least 17 hours. I still remember the way I used to tie myself to chair with rope so that I don’t go to bed even in the sleepiest state. I still remember the way I use to keep knife in my pillow so that even if I somehow open the rope myself I don’t go to sleep. I still remember how I used to beat myself with rope for missing out even on an hour of studies. I still remember how I use to collect used refills of my pen to remind me of my hard work in tough times. I still remember……………………………. As they say “Time heals all wounds”, steadily and slow I started coming over the feeling of loss to get aware of the fact that though I haven’t made it to IITs, I am still in a college which is a dream for more than 95% of the engineering aspirants. I will give a huge credit to my family and friends who instilled in me the thought that “do the best with what you have and forget the rest”. Honestly, I started studying half-heartedly in my 1^st year of engineering but when I came into 3^rd year, I got interested in the engineering subjects and my scores improved in the exams. In the final year of engineering, I was very apprehensive for the kind of placement that I will get with those average scores but to my surprise, I got placed in a world-renowned company under its flagship program. After joining the company, I met students from old IITs who were placed in the same program with me. The entire journey of IIT JEE failure to the joining day flashed in front of me to give me perhaps one of the important lessons of life that “No matter where you are, just keep doing the best you can and you will sooner or later but for sure land at your dream place”. Humble request: To all the readers, it’s a sincere and humble request that never torture yourself in any situation.