About the struggles.. (for bloco )

” Hey there people.. So one article per day it was. I have never been consistent as such, but here, I wanted to be. And then I was caught up with a few things; before I knew, it was 17th Sept. So I thought, I will back out. What’s the point of starting now? And I was kind of irritated with myself that I missed the first 2 days. So I decided I won’t write here. And as unpredictable I am to even myself, here I am scribbling something. Maybe, the ‘ill’logic in me due to my own frustration has calmed down  Or maybe, I just don’t want to lose this opportunity. Better late than never they say.. 
I usually write on abstract topics. There’s no genre or something to what I write. I see something happening, or something happens with me, I feel something about it ( and trust me, I do feel something or the other about every damn thing I am part of, even as a spectator  ), I try to put it in words. I write about friends, success, view points, basically its all about one or the other kind of emotion.

Let me give you a short insight into my background. I am a final year student, standing at various cross roads at this very moment. Handling one cross road at a time is a task and here I am trying to choose the course I would like to pursue, the stream I would like to study, the country in which I would study, the guy I would spend my life with, and besides all of this, trying various coping mechanisms to keep my reins of care, jealousy, affection for ‘someone’ under control. It’s all too much to take in, but then knowing myself and the superb people in my life, I am sure I will handle it.

I haven’t gone through a lot of struggle until now in my life. More or less life has been easy, keeping aside the emotional issues ( that’s because when it comes to this particular consciousness, my emotional quotient is like 150% more than normal people >:O ) Can’t exactly say nothing that I couldn’t handle, but something I could make it through with the faith my family and friends had in me, with their love and support. And maybe this is why, I have great respect for people who go through the fire of struggle and come out glowing. It’s always fascinating and inspiring for me to hear such stories.

And I don’t mean I need the stories of great successful people who have left their mark on the world. Of course, most of the successful people have struggled a lot in their early life. There are a very few rare ones on whom Goddess Fortuna has showered her blessings at the start. Most of the successful people we idolize have gone through a period of depression, zero self esteem, the literal breaking point which if they wouldn’t have pushed through, there would have been no Vidya Balan or Shah Rukh Khan or Dhirubhai Ambani for that matter. But what inspires and awes me more are the stories around me. There’s a story of some or the other kind of struggle, their breaking points and break through hidden in every person around you.

For some it’s about quitting to smoke, for some to make both ends meet, for some to keep up the image they have in society, for some it’s about changing the world they live in, for some its about making their parents proud, for some its about making money, for some its about keeping the people around them together, for a few its about keeping their ways of downward spiral in check, for others its all about managing house, job and friends at the same time, for some its about keeping the male ego satisfied while not compromising the step on ladder of success, for some it’s about controlling their anger, about maintaining their body figure, for some its a struggle to just stay alive… I can go on and on.. And I think I am going to honour those struggles as long as I can by writing about them here. Let the world know of it, and moreover, let others out there know that they are not the only ones.

As I earlier said, I am not exactly a consistent writer types. But I am going to try to pay a tribute to all my heroes. So stay tuned in, I am sure you are going to connect with many of the anecdotes, personalities you read about in here. And as for now, all I would like to say is, whatever you are going through right now, is going to be okay 5 years later. If it is a guy you are whining about, a start-up that just closed down, low scores in mock tests (now that CAT etc is fast nearing), whatever it is, it is not going to stay with you with the same hold and intensity after a few years. No two people have same struggles, everyone has their own individual dramatic touches here and there but the only thing that is common for everyone is the finality that it is going to pass. It’s now you who have to decide if after a few years, you will be sitting in an interview and narrating the tales of your hardships with moist eyes to hundreds of people, or if you will be the one sitting in the audience, listening with moist eyes, clapping and applauding to their stories of break through wondering what have you achieved in life. Don’t once blame Caerus for anything, I dare you. It isn’t his fault if you cannot understand the boons he bestows. We all have umpteen opportunities around us to dust-up and stand.

If you don’t believe me, I will soon narrate to you a few stories which show how people can just keep up their faith and find the route to success with the help of tiniest ray of hope. Hope you all get the extra motivation you sometimes need to keep yourself going. If you have any suggestions, criticisms, comments about anything, or if you want to share something, please mail it to me at sharayuchaudhari@gmail.com or write it in comments below ”