OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE GOALS
How long does it take for a person to fall from the greatest heights in one’s life and hit the rock bottom? What does it take to learn to pick ourselves up and fight back? Well, for me it took just a day for my world to turn upside down and over two years of courage, patience and determination to make a comeback.
It all started on a fine Onam day in 2014, when I was participating in a tug of war competition conducted as part of the festivities. Little did I know that my life would be a roller coaster ride from that day. I ended the day with three bulging spinal discs that got me bedridden for the next two years. When my surgeon declared that I would never have a normal life again I felt shattered deep inside. From being an independent person, who loves to travel a lot, turning into someone who has to depend on others even for the slightest task and losing my mobility was more than what I could handle. However, this gave an opportunity to realize and appreciate the endless blessings that I had been enjoying over the years and thereby enjoy the very little moments in life after that. I made a comeback to life all thanks to physician and his expertise in Ayurveda medicine. I went back all the way, and started learning to walk at age of 21 years. It taught me that unless it’s a happy ending, it is just the beginning of something new and exciting. The biggest takeaway from the experience was that, I learned that every opportunity that seems impossible at first sight contains within itself an opportunity to turn ourselves into a hero. Later I got an opportunity to be a mentor at IMS Learning Resources and inspire a lot of young talented minds, currently spread across the finest B schools in the country. Life throws challenges at you, but the grit to never give and hang on will reap results. Ultimately it all boils down to how you manage to get back to feet after the fall, and only that matters.
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